Chana aloo paratha | Chickpeas potato stuffed paratha-Easy lunch box recipe

Cuisine Style: North India | Preparation Time: 15 minutes | Cooking Time: 5 minutes | To Serve: 2 | Take with: Kurma, raitha, pickle | Type: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Ingredients

• Chickpeas [Channa, kodaikadalai] – ½ cup
• Aloo [Potato] – 1
• Ginger – 1 tbsp [finely chopped]
• Garlic – 2 [finely chopped]
• Green chilli – 1 [finely chopped]
• Coriander leaves – 2 springs [finely chopped]
• Dry mango powder – ½ tsp
• Red chilli powder – ¼ tsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Garam masala powder – ½ tsp
• Butter – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste

For dough

• Wheat flour – 2 cups
• Salt to taste
• Oi l – 1 tbsp
• Water as needed

Method

• Boil chick peas and potato. Then drain water and mash & keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan add ginger, garlic, green chilli sauté. Then add chickpea potato mixture, salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, dry mango powder mix well and cut off heat. Then add coriander leaves mix well and let it cool [2 min].
• In a bowl add wheat flour, salt & pour oil mix well.
• Then add water Knead it and make soft dough. Cover it & leave it for 15 min.
• Divide the dough into equal size balls. Then roll out into thick chapatti or puri.
• Stuff each thick chapatti with lemon size portion of stuffing mixture & shape into a ball again.
• Sprinkle flour then roll out each ball in to 6 to 7 inch circle shape paratha.
• Heat iron dosa tawa then place stuffed paratha on it & add 1 tsp butter on it. Turnover and cook another side & add 1 tsp of butter on it.
• Cook till both sides are golden brown & well cooked.
• Then cut off heat serve hot with pickle, raitha or cucumber.

Chickpeas stuffed paratha