Potato Peas Paratha

Potato Peas Stuffed Paratha

Ingredients:
For Stuffing:
Potato: 4 medium
Peas: 1 cup
Onion: 11/2 medium
Red chilli powder: 1tsp
Coriander powder: 1tsp
Turmeric powder: a pinch
Salt
Oil: 1tsp

For Paratha:
Wheat flour: 2 cups
Water: 11/4 cup or slightly more

Method:
Boil  the potatoes. Cook the peas ( I used frozen peas & cooked in microwave for 10 minutes).
Cool it. Mash  the potatoes & peas.
Knead the dough for the paratha & allow it to rest for half an hour.
Heat oil in a pan, add finely chopped onion, saute' for sometime.
Add  red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder & salt.
Cook for sometime. Then add the mashed potato & peas. Mix well & cook for sometime.
Allow it to cool down. Make balls.
Divide the dough into equal portions. Roll into thick chapathis; place the stuffing in the centre. Close & seal them.
Roll them out into parathas.
Fry them on both sides, apply little bit of oil.
Serve hot with raita or side dish of your choice.

Peas Stuffed Puri

I still remember tasting stuffed puri for the first time. When I was very young I had tasted chick peas stuffed puris. Our bengali neighbour aunt gave rasgullas & stuffed puris for Durga Pooja.
I liked the puris very much. I pestered my amma(mother) to get the recipe from my neighbouring aunt & try it. My amma somehow managed to get the recipe.
(Neighbouring aunt knew only bengali & my amma can't understand bengali) & tried it out. I suddenly thought about it a few days back,but chick peas had to be soaked overnight, so
instead of chick peas I used frozen peas. It tasted very good.

Peas Stuffed Puri

Ingredients:
Peas: 1 cup (I used frozen peas)
Red chilli: 2-3
Coriander seeds: 11/2tsp
Jeera/Cumin seeds: 1tsp
Clove: 1
Cinnamon: 1/2" piece
Salt
Oil: 2tsp

For puris(to make 6-8 puris):
Wheat flour: 2 cups
Water: 3/4 cup
Salt
Oil: for deep frying

Method:
Cook the peas in water(I cooked in the microwave for 10 minutes).
Drain the water, cool  & mash the peas.
In a pan dry roast the red chillies, coriander seeds, jeera seeds, clove & cinnamon.
Grind it to a powder.
In a pan add 2tsp oil add the mashed peas, the ground powder  & salt. Saute' till the mixture becomes dry. Allow it to cool down.
Make small balls with the mixture.
Divide the puri dough into lemon sized balls.
Make a cup with the dough, stuff the mixture. Close & seal the balls.
Roll out the puris.
Deep fry them in oil.
Serve hot with side dish of your choice.

Coriander Chapathi

This is a recipe from my amma's (mother) cook book. She used to make them during my college days. This recipe can be had without any side dish. It goes very well with pickle. Even my friends used to like this dish very much.

Coriander Chapathi

Ingredients:
Wheat flour: 1 cup
Coriander finely chopped: 1/2 cup
Red chilli powder: 1/2tsp
Jeera powder: 1/4tsp
Salt
Oil:  for smearing on the chapathis

Method:
Add all the ingredients in a large bowl except oil, mix well. Then add water little by little & make dough.
Let dough rest for half an hour.
Roll out the dough into chapathis & fry on the tawa adding little oil.