Palak | spinach - Paratha

Palak paratha is a healthy and nutritious food. It is considered as one of the healthy Indian flatbread. There are different types of parathas that we can see which is prepared by different kinds of stuff inside. Will share my Mooli Carrot Palak Paratha recipe soon. Aloo paratha is mainly famous in north India. We don't need any gravies for parathas, it just goes well with ghee, butter, chutney powders, carrot - beans palya or Raith. You can prepare this for breakfast, evening time, and kid's lunch box as well.

It is an extremely simple and easy recipe. Spinach contains a lot of fiber, minerals, and vitamins. Here I just used chopped palak to make this paratha. it has really come out very tasty. You can directly add chopped spinach into wheat flour and knead a dough. There is another way to do palak/spinach paratha by making palak leaves puree and add into wheat flour to knead. It makes parathas a completely greenish color. Always choose fresh spinach leaves to prepare this paratha as it gives the best flavor.

Cuisine: Indian | Cooking: 10 minutes
Preparation: 10 minutes | Serves: 5

Ingredients:

Wheat flour           -    2 cups
Salt                       -    as per taste
Spinach/palak       -   1 bunch
Water                    -   as required
Red chili powder  -   1/2 tbsp
Oil                         -   2 tbsp  (to knead dough)

Method:

1. Wash and soak the extra water from spinach and chop into small pieces.
2. In a frying pan, add 1 tbsp of oil and chopped spinach and fry for 2-3 minutes to remove the raw smell of palak. 
3. Now take a deep Kadai/bowl, add wheat flour, fried palak/spinach, salt as per taste, red chili powder. 
4. Mix all ingredients well and start kneading by adding water gradually until all ingredients combine together and until the dough becomes soft. 
5. Add oil, at last, to avoid dough stick into the bowl. 
6. Once it is done, cover with cotton clothes and let it sit for 15-20 minutes
7. After 20 minutes, take the dough and make it into small size balls and dump with flour to roll.
8. Heat a nonstick tawa pan; Start rolling the dough into 3 inches and fold it into a triangle shape and again roll it for chapathi size.
9. Place a paratha on tawa and cook for 1-2 minutes in a medium flame.
10. Flip the naan to the other side and cook for 1-2 minutes, until brown spot appears on it.
11. Now healthy spinach paratha is ready to serve. serve it hot with your favorite sides.

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