Broccoli Paratha

When ever I left with any less quantity of vegetables, which is not sufficient enough to make curries, I mash and mix them with wheat flour and make chappathi. That way, I try and find new chappathi recipes. In the same way, this time I tried broccoli paratha . The taste was very nice and this chappathi can be eaten just with plain yogurt or any curry of your choice !. 

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Yields: 8 no.s of parathas 

INGREDIENTS:

Whole Wheat Flour - 2 cups

Salt - as required

Garlic pods - 3 to 4 no.s

Garam masala - 1/2 teaspoon

Broccoli florets - 10 to 15 no.s

Green chilli - 2 no.s

Water as required

Oil - for cooking the parathas.

METHOD:

1. Wash broccoli in running water. In a pan, add some water and salt. When it boils, add the broccoli florets and let it be in hot water for 3 minutes. This process is called blanching and it removes any insect or impurities in the broccoli. Now, filter the broccoli and allow it to cool down. 

2. Now grind the broccoli with garlic, garam masala and green chilli in to a paste, by adding very less water. Do not make the paste watery. Also there shouldnt be any lumps in the paste. Add the paste in the wheat flour. Add required salt, oil  and water. Kneed the dough well. Since we have added broccoli paste, the flour requires less water to form the dough. So add water little by little, to make a smooth and soft dough. 

3. Take lemon sized dough, flatten them using roller pin and cook the chappathi in tawa by adding required oil. Broccoli paratha is ready !. Serve with any curry of your choice !.

NOTES:

If you want more greenish colored paratha, reduce the amount of wheat flour you have used. In this recipe, I used 2 cups of wheat flour. You can use 1 to 1.5 cups of wheat flour to get a dark green colored parathas.