Mooli Parathas

This is one dish that I am proud to say my mother-in-law thoroughly enjoyed. She being mainly a rice eating person, doesn't normally enjoy chapattis, but when she had my parathas she couldn't stop raving about it! :)

Mooli isn't something that you normally you use in cooking, so this is a great way to eat it.

In order to avoid the sharp pungent taste this vegetable has, you need to fry it well before making the parathas.

Ingredients

4-5 moolis, peeled and grated

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

1-2 green chillies chopped

1" piece ginger, grated

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp red chilli powder

1/2 tsp garam masala

3 tbsp coriander leaves, finely chopped

salt to taste

For the dough

2 cups flour

water

salt

2 tsp oil

Procedure

• Mix all the ingredients for the dough together, by adding the water gradually and kneading in to a soft dough.
• It should be soft and yielding to the touch.
• Cover and keep aside

Stuffing

• Squeeze the water out of the grated radish
• In a frying pan, heat one tbsp of oil
• Add the cumin seeds
• When the seeds start spluttering, add the green chillies and ginger
• Next add the radish, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala and salt
• Fry nicely for about 5 minutes on a medium heat, till all the excess water has evaporated
• Add the chopped coriander
• Turn off the flame and allow the stuffing to cool
• Now make equal size balls of dough
• Roll out the dough slightly to about 3 inches in diameter
• Put 2 tsp of stuffing and cover it, by wrapping the edges around \to form a small ball again
• Now carefully roll it out, dust it with flour while doing so, so that the dough does not stick
• Put it on a tawa which is on a medium heat. Drizzle it with some oil/ghee
• Keep turning it over till it is well done on both sides

Mooli paratha is read to be served! You can serve it with a raita of your choice - vegetable raita, boondi raita, masala raita etc

Happy cooking!