Paneer Parata

Paneer Parata

                                                                           
A simple, yet mouth watering, ideal, healthy breakfast made by stuffing crumbled paneer or cottage cheese in parata.


Ingredients:
For dough:
2 cups wheat flour

salt to taste
1 table spoon oil.
1 teaspoon ajwain (carom seeds)
Water to knead the dough
Wheat flour for rolling the parata
For stuffing:
2 cups crumbled paneer
salt to taste
3 finely chopped green chillies
2 table spoon minced  coriander leaves
1 teaspoon grated ginger
2 table spoon fresh curd
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
Oil for cooking the parata
Preparation:
1  .Mix flour, ajwain and salt,  rub in the oil , add required amount of water and knead to form a soft dough
2.  Rest the dough for half an hour
3.  Divide the dough into 8 equal size balls

4.  Mix paneer, salt, green chillies, ginger, cumin seeds, coriander leaves.
5.  Add the curd to the paneer mixture and knead for a minute .

6.  Flatten each ball a little and put 1 1/2 table spoon of the stuffing in the center
7.  Cover the filling by gathering the edges of the dough
8.  Press and roll out using little dry flour into round parats.
9.  Cook the parats on a hot tava using 1 teaspoon oil.
10 Cook until brown spots appear on both sides
11. Repeat for the rest of the dough and the filling
12. Serve hot with pickle or tomato sauce.