Mint flavoured Aloo Paratha

Category: Chapati / Paratha   
Preparation Time: 15 mins    
Waiting Time: 30 mins    
Cooking Time: 25 mins    
Servings: yields 10 - 12 parathas

Minty Aloo Paratha

Ingredients: 

For dough:

• Wheat flour / Atta -2 1/2 cup
• Ghee - 1 tbsp
• Salt- to taste
• Warm Water - as required 

For Stuffing:

• Potatoes - 4 nos
• Mint / Pudhina leaves, finely chopped - 1 cup , loosely packed
• Ajwain / Omam - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Green chilly paste - 1 tsp (Optional - I didn't use here)

Other Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - for dusting
• Ghee / Oil - for toasting

Method:

1. In a wide bowl, take wheat flour, ghee and required salt, mix well and knead into a smooth soft dough by gradually adding warm water. Keep aside for atleast 30 mins and prepare the stuffing
   
2. Pressure cook the potatoes; remove the skin and mash them well without any lumps
   
3. Add the finely chopped mint leaves, Ajwain, Salt. Turmeric powder and green chilly paste (if using) to the mashed potatoes and knead well
   
4. Make equal sized balls of the stuffing and keep it ready
   
5. Divide the dough into equal lemon sized balls, dust them with flour, flatten them to a small thick circle
   
6. Place one ball of stuffing inside, cover it upto form a big ball
   
   
7.  Roll to form a thin or slightly thick Paratha
   
8. Heat the tawa, place the parathas and cook till bubbles started to appear on the surface
   
9. Turn over and cook the other side
   
10. Once it's cooked, spread a little ghee / oil on the paratha and transfer to plate or place it in hot box till you serve
    
11. These parathas are super soft and taste good with plain curd / any raita