Pudina Paratha (Mint Paratha)
Pudina Paratha Recipe - this flaky, delicious restaurant style mint lachha paratha is easy to make at home.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 ½ cups Whole wheat flour (Chapati atta)
- Salt (to taste)
- 1 tablespoon Oil (+ more for frying paratha)
- ½ cup Mint leaves (finely chopped)
- ½ cup + 2 tablespoons Water (for kneading the dough)
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- ½ teaspoon Black peppercorns
- ½ teaspoon Chaat masala
- 2 tablespoons Oil
Instructions
- 1
Take atta, salt, oil and mint leaves in a bowl and mix using fingertips so everything is well mixed.
- 2
Now knead the dough by adding little water at a time and make smooth, soft dough.
- 3
Cover it and let it rest for 15-20 minutes.
- 4
Meantime make spice mix. For that dry roast the cumin seeds and peppercorns, then grind into fine powder.
- 5
Mix that with chaat masala and oil. Keep it aside.
- 6
Knead the dough again to make it smooth and divide into 8 equal portions.
- 7
Make balls and flatten between palms to make discs.
- 8
Work with one flattened disc at a time and roll into 9-10 inch diameter circle. Dust them with dry flour as needed while rolling.
- 9
Apple spice oil mixture and make pleats like chinese fan. Then stretch it slight and roll into spiral, tuck the end by pressing slightly to seal.
- 10
Dust generoughly with dry flour and roll into 6 inch diameter circle lachha paratha.
- 11
Fry the paratha on hot tawa using little oil till both sides has brown spots. Frying the paratha method is same as regular paratha.
- 12
Once fried from both sides, remove it to a plate and let it cool slightly.
- 13
Then crush it lightly to separate the layers. Repeat the same for rest.