Pumpkin Paratha

Paratha is the best thing to pack for the kids tiffin. a new variant for Paratha. 
Pumpkin Paratha recipe
Ingredients :
Pumpkin Puree – 1cup

Wheat flour – 1 ½ cups

Red chilli powder – ½ tsp

Cumin/Jeera powder – 1/4^th tsp

Carom seeds/ajwain – 1/4^th tsp

Garam masala powder- 1/4^th tsp

Salt to taste

Water to knead

Ghee or oil for frying

Method:

To make pumpkin puree- peel and chop the pumpkin into cubes, cook them with little water until cooked. You can even pressure cook them.

Allow it to cool and puree them in a blender.

To make Paratha

In a bowl add all the ingredients mentioned above apart from water.

Mix well and add water if required.

Knead into a soft pliable dough.

Rest the dough for 10 minutes.

Make small balls of the dough and roll them into round parathas by dusting some dry flour to it. (just like chapathis).

Heat a griddle/tawa and cook the rolled paratha on both the sides until brown spots appear on both the sides.

Apply ghee/oil on both sides and take it off the griddle.

Serve with pickle/achar and dahi/yogurt.

This is one of a great items for Tiffinbox for kids as well as elders.

Aps Notes:

Instead of red chilli powder you can use green chilli paste also to the paratha mix.

Happy Cooking,

Aps