Aloo Paratha


Mummy’s delicious Paratha’s would kick start our day 🙂

From aloo to paneer, Mum made the most amazing Parathas for us.

aloo paratha

aloo paratha

Here is our favourite aloo paratha 🙂

Ingredients

For the dough

  • Wheat flour – 1 ¾ cup
  • Maida – ¼ cup
  • Salt – 1 tsp

For the stuffing

  • Potatoes – ½ kg
  • Green chillies – 8
  • Ginger-garlic paste – ½ tsp
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
  • Garam masala powder – ¼ tsp
  • Cumin powder – ¼ tsp
  • Finely cut coriander leaves
  • Salt

Method

Cook potatoes. Peel and mash

Add the rest of the ingredients to the mashed potatoes

Make medium sized balls from the dough. Flatten each ball and put the filling inside. Close and seal well all around. Press and dredge in wheat flour and roll out into thick parathas.  Heat ‘tawa’ and fry the parathas using oil. Serve hot with curd or ketchup 🙂

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Chocolate Muffins


Mummy loved baking for her grandchildren. It gave her immense joy. She had baked chocolate muffins for Mehran and Manal, her grandchildren she simply adored 🙂

Do try them this Christmas!

Ingredients

  • Dark chocolate – 800 gms
  • Butter – 100 gms
  • Eggs – 4
  • Baking powder – 3 tsps
  • Maida – 1 1/3 cups
  • Sugar – 1 ½ cups
  • Vanilla essence
  • Milk – half cup
  • Soda – ¼ tsp

Method:

Sieve maida, soda and baking powder. Melt chocolate, add essence

Beat the eggs. Mix everything in a bowl. Place the paper cuts on the muffin tray.

Pour the mix into paper cuts and bake at 180 Celsius for 30 minutes.