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Friday, July 17, 2009

Laccha Paratha




Ingredients:
  • Wheat flour
  • Shah Jeera
  • Cilantro
  • Red Chille Powder
  • Salt
  • Water
  • Oil
Procedure:
  • knead the wheat flour into a soft dough, as we do for the chapati's
  • Divide the flour into equal parts
  • Roll out the dough ball into a small chapati
  • sprinkle red chillie powder, salt,ciltantro and jeera
  • Fold this Chapati n a fan shape--up and down and then roll this fan into a round again it looks like the pic below
  • Let these rolls rest for 15-20 mins
  • Roll out these rolls into a chapati shape...roll them only in one direction, without flipping them
  • Now roast the lacha paratha on a tava using oil till its done on both sides
  • Lacha paratha is ready to eat with Punjabi Chole!!!!

2 comments:

Kirti said...

Thanks for posting this recipe...Can you please tell me what is Shah jeera.Is it Normal Jeera or sum different variety of it.

SreeVidya Krishna said...

shah Jeera is different form normal jeera kirti. Its kind of thin,long and also has a different fresh aroma than the normal ones...you can get Shah Jeers from any Indian Store.