Zucchini Paratha

 

INGREDIENTS:

Whole Wheat flour - 2.5 cups

Grated Zucchini - 1 cup

Salt- as required

Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Red chilli powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Cumin Powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Garam masala - 1/4 teaspoon

Oil - To make dough and cook paratha

METHOD:

1. Take zucchini and peel the skin off. Then grate them . Squeeze the grated zucchini and remove the excess water from it and keep it aside . This is very important because, zucchini is a water vegetable and will let out lot of water. You no need to throw the zucchini water . I added it , when cooking the veg kurma. Or you can use it when making the paratha dough.

2. In a large bowl, add whole wheat flour. Add the grated zucchini, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder and garam masala powder. Mix all well. Then add a tablespoon of oil. Mix well. Do not add water now. Keep it aside for 15 minutes.  Setting it aside without adding water, will help to let out any more water from zucchini to be mixed with the wheat flour. 

3.  After 15 minutes, add very little water ( or squeezed out zucchini water which you got from step 1) , and start making firm dough. 

4. Take lemon sized dough , and flatten them using the rolling pin and cook in pan, by adding sufficient oil on both sides.

5.  Serve Zucchinin paratha with veg kurma or any curry of your choice.

Zucchini Paratha,veg kurma and Tofu.

Instant Benne Dosa

 

INGREDIENTS:

Rice flour - 1 cup

Gram  flour - 1/4 cup

Raw potato - 1 medium sized

Garlic - 1 clove

Dry red Chilli - 2 no.s

Kasmiri chilli powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Yogurt or Curd - 1/2 cup

Salt- as required

Butter - For making dosa

Baking Soda - a pinch(Optional)

METHOD:

1. In a bowl, soak dry red chilli in hot water for 20 minutes.

2. Wash and peel Potatoes and cut into cubes.

3. In a mixer , first add soaked red chilli , garlic clove, raw potato cubes and grind without adding any water for few seconds.

4. Later to that , add rice flour gram flour, kashmiri chilli powder, salt  and yogurt and grind again. Use less water for grinding. The batter should be dosa batter consistency.

5.  Just before making dosa, add a pinch of baking soda and a teaspoon of water and mix well , until we get a frothy consistency. Baking soda is optional, If you dont prefer that, you can use Eno fruit salt. Now, in a iron tawa, add a ladle full of batter and spread evenly. Spread some butter evenly on  the top. Cover and cook for some time and flip over the other side and cook. 

6.  Serve Dosa with sambar or chutney of your choice !