Paratha, Indian flat bread are so delicious and healthy. We can make Parathas with many different veggies and greens and make it healthier. I personally like spinach paratha because its one way to make my kids eat spinach without much trouble. This time, I wanted to make Basil Paratha. Freshly grown basil in my garden always tempts me to make some basil recipes. So, instead of regular spinach paratha, I used fresh basil leaves. Wow! they are awesome. The basil leaves gives a lovely aroma and flavour to the whole dish. We can serve these basil paratha with dal/ gravy or ant raitha of your choice and enjoy the dish!
Preparation and Yield:
| Preparation time | 15 mins |
| Cooking Time | 30 mins |
| Yield | 15 |
| Recipe Category | Indian bread |
| Recipe Cuisine | North Indian |
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| Basil Paratha Recipe |
Ingredients:
| Wheat flour | 2 Cups* |
| Basil Leaves | 1 Cup |
| Green Chilli | 1 |
| Salt | To taste |
| Cumin Powder | 1/2 teaspoon |
| Coriander Powder | 1/2 teaspoon |
| Ajwain / Carom seeds | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Ghee / Butter | 2 tablespoon |
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| Basil Paratha Recipe |
Method:
- Wash the basil leaves thoroughly and roughly chop it and keep it aside
- In a mixing bowl, add 2 cups of wheat flour. Add the chopped basil leaves. To this now, we need to add cumin powder, coriander powder, ajwain, salt, chopped green chilli and mix everything well
- Add water little by little and knead the flour to a nice and smooth dough
- Cover the dough and set this aside for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, make lemon sized balls out of the dough
- Dust each dough ball with some flour and then using a rolling pin, roll them to a paratha, a little thicker than the roti. In the same way, roll the rest of the dough balls
- Heat a tawa, th tawa should be very hot to cook the parathas, Add a rolled paratha, apply ghee or butter and cook them on both the sides for 30-40 seconds till you get bubbles.When the paratha is nicely cooked, take it out of the pan. In the same way, cook the rest of the parathas
- The delicious and healthy Basil parathas are now ready. Serve with your favourite dipping and enjoy this delicious dish!
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| Basil Paratha Recipe |