MULLANGI / RADISH PARATHA

As  love to eat chepathi's  and parota  type  item's  a lot  I  will be  very enthu  to know  new type of roti 's like that only  once  in my summer vacation  when  we  met one  of  ...............................  

My  sister in law  who  stays  in Delhi  thought  me  one  of  the  way  was  MOOLI PARATHA  .The  budding  cook  in me was very interested  in it and got the recipe from her . I am really not sure  if the punjabi's cook it this way , But she did  menction that she learnt  from  One  of North Indian family  who stay in her society                                                                   

I did it and  got good result  and after that I

 did  number  of times ...................

INGREDIENTS - 

Radish / mullangi - 1/2 kg 

Green chillies - 4

Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp 

Cilantro - 1 cup

Salt  - 1/4 tsp { as per }

Ghee  - for frying 

Oil - for  frying 

For  flour  preparation - 

Wheat  flour - 3 cups

Salt - pinch

Oil - 1 tsp 

Water - accordingly 

In  a mixing  bowl  add  all  one by  one  like  

wheat flour , salt , oil and mix well  and add 

sufficient water  / mullangi water   into  a soft 

dough . and  set aside for 1/2 hr .

Now   preparation of filling - 

Peel   mullangi  and cut  the  edges  and  grate 

it  and sprinkle  some  salt  and mix well and keep  

aside  for  some  time  so that  , 

You will  see  grated mullangi   leaves  out  lot  of   

water.

Then   take  hand ful  of  grated  mullangi   and  

squeeze  the  entire  water  and  keep aside . [ this  

mullangi  water  can be used  for  mixing  flour ]

Then  add   chopped  green chillies , red chilli 

powder , salt    [ as per by tasting  gated  mullangi ] 

 cilantro  springs  and  mix  well .

Now  make  ball  of  the  prepared  dough   and  

flattern  it  like  a small  poori  and  place  the   

filling  in   the  centre   and  close  the  edges  over  

it  like  a ball 

Roll  it   like  a  chapathi  by dusting  with  a  

rolling  pin . 

Mean  while   heat  the  non stick  pan  ,  now  

when  hot  ,  place  the  prepared  paratha  and  add  

tsp of  oil  and  tsp  of  ghee  and  coat  the  paratha  

well  ...........................  on  both  sides  .

The  paratha  should  cook  well    on  both  sides  

...  and  served   hot  with   fresh  curd  by adding  

pepper powder  and  little  salt .