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Cheese Paratha Recipe


Ingredients:

1.5 cups plain flour

Pinch of salt

1 teaspoon ghee

1 cup warm water

Additional ghee or margarine or butter

1/2 cup grated cheese (cheddar)

1/4 cup finely chopped onion

1 green chilli finely chopped

Pinch of black pepper powder

  

Methods:

1) In a mixing bowl, add flour, salt, ghee and pinch of salt. Stir all the ingredients.Add water in small portions and stir with a spoon.  Knead with your hand to form soft dough. Cover prepared dough and set aside for 15 minutes.

2) In a separate mixing bowl, mix cheese, onion, chilli and black pepper. Stir all the ingredients.

3) Take a hadnful size of dough. Roll on a flour dusted board. Flatten dough and roll to a size of 5 cm diameter.

4) Add 1.5 teaspoons of cheese filling. Press the dough sides and make pleats to seal dough with cheese filling. Then, roll dough to 10 cm in diameter with a rolling pin.

5) Heat frying pan/ tawa over medium to low heat. Once, frying pan/tawa has heated well.

6) Add chappati on the frying pan. Cook for 3 seconds and then turn chappati and apply ghee or margarine or butter. Then, cook chappati for 15 seconds. Again turn chappati and cook further for 6 seconds.

7) Ensure to keep chappati covered after cooking (this will help to keep chappatis soft).

8) Serve chappati(s) immediately.

 

 





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