
Ingredients:
• For the stuffing:
• 200g – Green peas (shelled).
• 100g – carrots.
• Cumin seeds (jeera).
• 2 tbsp – Besan.
• 1 tbsp – dhaniya powder| For the dough:
• 2 cups – Wheat flour.
• 1 cup – coriander leaves.
• 1-2 – Green chillies (according to taste).
• 1 tsp – Ginger ( grated )| 2 tbsp – oil.
• Salt, according to taste.
Method:
- Boil the shelled peas and grated carrots in a pressure cooker, till soft. Mash this mixture, and add salt to taste.
- In a saute pan, heat the oil, add cumin seeds till they splutter.
- To this, add the besan and lightly roast under low flame for 1 minute.
- Add dhaniya powder and the mashed peas.
- Let this mixture get well bound and remove from flame.
- Make small balls out of this for the stuffing.
- Cut coriander leaves, green chillies, ginger and grind the 3 to a paste in the mixer and add salt (grind to chutney consistency).
- Knead the wheat flour for the parathas, with the coriander paste.
- Roll out the dough into small circles, put in the stuffing, and roll out into round parathas ( with a small amount of oil ).
- Heat the tava and cook the parathas with oil/ghee till golden brown.
- Serve with raitha / curds.