Stuffed Paratha / Daal stuffed parantha

Last week my friend Sayani shared her tiffin with me...It was an excellent stuffed paratha with chutney. So I gave it a try in the weekend with sayani's recipe and the result was a palatable dish of paratha and dahi aloo( potatoes with curd). Stuffed paranthas are quite popular in India and we stuff our paranthas with all sorts of stuffings: Daal(lentils), mashed potatoes(aloo parantha), Raddish( muli parantha), Keema (minced meat) and so on.Here's how I prepared mine:
1 cup Bengal Grams
2 Tbs oil
3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 red chilly powder
1/4 tsp haldi
Paste: 4 chillies
1/2 inch ginger
3 garlic cloves
1 onion
salt to taste

Soak the daal overnite. Make a paste. One may also boil  the daal with water and salt and a little turmeric powder.Then mash.

Heat 1 Tbs oil in a pan . Fry the paste of daal. To this add garam masala powder, haldi powder(turmeric powder),red chilly powder, salt and the paste of ginger, garlic,onion and chilly. Keep frying till the mixture is pretty dry.

Next knead the all purpose flour with 1 Tbs oil, a little salt and water to make a dough. Now take some dough, make a cup and put some daal mixture inside. Pat and roll out a parantha with a rolling pin.

Heat oil in a skillet and fry out the paranthas. One may also deep fry these and turn them into puris.


9.12.12:Well here's a pic of the Methi Paratha I made last sunday: