Spinach paratha (Palak paratha)
A simple flatbread made with spinach, whole wheat flour, and Indian spices. Have them instead of regular roti for your lunch or dinner.
Servings 10 parathas
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 cups spinach (around 200 gms)
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 green chili
- Salt to taste
- Oil to cook parathas
Instructions
- Take cleaned and roughly chopped spinach leaves, garlic, green chili, cumin seeds into a mixer grinder and grind them into a smooth paste. Try avoiding water to grind this mixture. If you are unable to make the fine paste, add water spoon by spoon.
- Now take a mixing bowl, add whole wheat flour, spinach purée, and salt.
- Make a smooth dough out of this and add a teaspoon of oil. Mix it once so that oil is incorporated well into the dough.
- Keep this aside for 15 to 20 minutes. You can make the spinach paratha immediately also.
- When you are ready to make these parathas, take the dough and divide it into equal-sized balls.
- Take one dough ball, flatten it, and roll it in the dry flour.
- Place this onto the rolling surface and roll into thin flatbread.
- If you can roll and cook the parathas simultaneously, you can heat the pan while you are rolling the paratha.
- Heat a pan and add the paratha once it is hot.
- Cook it on medium flame on both sides till it is done.
- You can add a teaspoon of oil on each side while cooking the paratha.
- Likewise, make all the palak parathas and serve them with any dal or curry.