Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Popular Pumpkin Paratha

   Look at the round pumpkin.. Isn't it so tempting?? Now don't get worried about getting a round tummy :). If you eat moderately I can assure you there won't be any problem. So ready to try out a wonderful dish ?! Lets get started straight away.

Ingredients
Open the cupboard, take the shopping bag, take your purse :) ... Just kidding.. Go get the following stuff from the corner shop first

  • Pumpkin - Grate it nicely (Make around 3 cups)
  • 3 to 4 Chillies (Chop them fine)
  • 2 cups of wheat flour (Don't chop this :))
  • Haldi powder (To make it look bright as Sun...!! :))
  • Ginger garlic paste (Wonder how these two got paired!! :))
  • Ajwain seeds (To cook not to plant)
  • Mustard seeds (We eat so much seeds, we could be a field :))
  • Oil (The one you like most - Rice bran seems to be the trend of trendy)
  • Coriander powder
  • Onion (Chop about half a cup of this)
Preparation
Let the master chef in you jump out and run away :). Just follow these instructions. Don't act too smart.. I know you are :)
  1. Take a pan
  2. Add 2 spoons of oil
  3. Heat a bit
  4. Add the following in order
    1. Ajwain seeds and mustard seeds
    2. Chopped chilies (or red chili powder)
    3. Haldi powder (I am hoping by now you know the measure :), don't blame me)
    4. Chopped onions
    5. Ginger garlic paste along with it
    6. Grated pumpkin
  5. Sort it adding a little salt and a spoon of coriander powder.
  6. Prepare a dough of wheat flour (Make it a little soft :))
  7. Take the dough and press it like chapati(small rounds)
  8. Stuff the prepared mixture with the wheat dough and expand it more, as large as poori
  9. Take a pan
  10. Add a little oil (Use ghee or butter if you wont feel guilty about it)
  11. Fry it on the pan both the sides( till it gets brown dots here and there giving it a proper design)
There you go :), Your pumpkin paratha is ready to eat. Let me know how it tastes. I am totally irresponsible if you eat too much and become fat. You might :)

Ciao until next post. Hey, you did not invite me to taste any of the stuff you cooked :). I am sure its because the dish was so tasty and you did not want to share. Call it optimism :)

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