Punjabi Mooli Paratha Recipe
A classic Punjabi Mooli Paratha is a winter delicacy where whole wheat flatbreads are stuffed with grated & spiced mooli or radish filling before shallow frying on a tawa or a flat pan.
Servings 5 Parathas
Equipment
- Stove Top
- 2 Mixing Bowl
- Cheese Grater
- Skillet or Tawa
Ingredients
- 500 gms Radish or Mooli – peeled and finely grated
- 2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
- Ghee – alternate would be any neutral-flavoured oil
- 2 Green Chilies – finely chopped
- 1 tsp Coriander Powder
- ½ tsp Cumin Powder
- ½ tsp Amchur or Dry Mango Powder
- ¼ tsp Garam Masala Powder
- ½ tsp Carrom Seeds or Ajwain
- Dry Fenugreek leaves or Kasoori Methi A pinch
- Salt to taste
Instructions
How to make Paratha Dough
- Start by rubbing the flour with ghee, oil, salt, and a pinch of carrom seeds (ajwain). Then gradually add water and knead it into a semi-stiff dough. Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel and keep it aside2 cups Whole Wheat Flour, Ghee , ½ tsp Carrom Seeds or Ajwain, Salt to taste
How to make Paratha Stuffing
- Grate the Mooli or radish and put it in the cheesecloth placed over a sieve. Sprinkle some salt and mix. Next, wring out the most of the liquid from the grated radish.500 gms Radish or Mooli
- In another mixing bowl, put the grated radish. Add the powdered spices in it and then mix everything into a lump-free smooth stuffing.2 Green Chilies , 1 tsp Coriander Powder, ½ tsp Cumin Powder, ½ tsp Amchur or Dry Mango Powder, ¼ tsp Garam Masala Powder, Dry Fenugreek leaves or Kasoori Methi
Making the Mooli Parathas
- Pinch off a big ball of dough and flatten it on a lightly floured surface using a rolling pin. Once it is around 3 inches in diameter, lift it and flatten the edges a bit more using your fingers. Place a generous helping of cauliflower stuffing at the center and start gathering the edges of the dough together while sealing the stuffing inside.
- Sprinkle some more flour on the surface and start rolling the dough ball into a thin disc. Apply uniform pressure while moving so that it spreads out evenly
- Heat a thick bottom tawa or griddle and place the rolled paratha on it. Let it cook on both sides before applying ghee and frying. Once it turns golden on both sides, take it off the tawa and serve. The mooli ka paratha is ready to eat.