Paneer Paratha is delicious dish in which the Indian bread is stuffed with cottage cheese. It is a filling and healthy dish usually served with raitha, curd or pickle. You can prepare this with homemade paneer or store bought ones. Today we will learn how to make Paneer Paratha or cottage cheese stuffed paratha following this easy recipe.
Paneer Paratha
Prep Time : 10 mins
Cook Time : 30 mins
Yields: 5 Parathas
Recipe Category: Breakfast-Dinner-Paneer
Recipe Cuisine: Punjabi
Author:Padhu Sankar
Yields: 5 Parathas
Recipe Category: Breakfast-Dinner-Paneer
Recipe Cuisine: Punjabi
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Wheat flour – 1 cup
Oil -1 tbsp
Salt -1/4 tsp
For the stuffing
Paneer – 40 grams crumbled or grated
Onion – 1 finely chopped (medium size)
Ginger – 1 tsp finely chopped or grated
Green chilli – 1 finely chopped
Cumin/Jeera seeds – 1 tsp
Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp (finely chopped)
Salt needed
Spice powder
Turmeric Powder – a pinch (optional)
Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder – 1 tsp
Oil – as needed for frying parathas or mix of oil and ghee
1.Take 1 cup of wheat flour, add 1 tbsp oil, salt needed and make a soft dough by adding water little at a time just as you make chapati dough. Knead it well, cover it and let it sit for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile we will prepare the stuffing for paneer paratha-
2.Grate or crumble paneer (check out homemade paneer recipe), add finely chopped ginger, green chilli, onions, cumin seeds, finely chopped coriander leaves, all the spice powder and salt needed. Mix everything well. Stuffing for the paratha is ready.Keep it aside.
3.Now make 5 equal sized balls out of the dough.
4.Roll it out into small circle, place a tbsp of stuffing in the center, gather and close it from all sides (like in Pic 6).
5.Now dust wheat flour and roll it out gently with the stuffing.
6.Heat a tava and place the rolled out paratha on it .Wait for bubbles to appear, then apply a tsp of oil or (oil + ghee mixture) on the top and flip it over to the other side.
7.Spread oil on the other side also and cook both sides well until brown spots appear.
Repeat the same process for the rest of the dough.
Serve it with curd or pickle or chutney.
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Very interesting recipe...paratha looks so tempting.
wov padhu paneer paratha look delecious and your doll looks so cute....
Awwww....That is such a cute presentation...;) Paneer paratha is my all time fav...And very well explained by u..Thx Padhu...Btw i also want to thank u for d list of lunch box options u had posted...It is very useful as my mom has to pack lunch daily for my sis & we always break our heads on what to pack...Had made peas pulao & caarot raita like u mentioned..It was a mega hit with sis & her friends!!
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
1st pic so cute ...n tht platter is so yum
Hey Padhu,
Yummy stuffed paratha...Love paneer...:)
Dr.Sameena@
http://www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com/
nice version of paneer paratha.liked ur stepwise pictures
Nice step by step presentation of the recipe. The paneer parathas look good.
Yummy paratha i too do that. But your art innovative presentation is excellent i love that.
Ohhhh padhu I loved the presentation. The girl is so cute. I liked the recipe as well :)
Wow Padhu, Nice recipe!