Ingredients
Whole wheat flour -1 cup
Oil – 2-3 tsp
Salt as required
Grated Radish – 1 cup heaped (You can use white or red radish)
Cumin /Jeera Powder – 3/4 tsp
Coriander powder -1 tsp
Red chilli Powder -1/2 tsp
Garam Masala -1/4 tsp (optional)
Coriander leaves – little (finely chopped )
Method
* Mix flour, oil, salt and needed warm water to make a soft dough just as you make for chapati. Keep aside for 15-20 minutes.
* Grade radish, add little salt and let it sit for 10 minutes.
Then squeeze out all the excess water.
* Heat a tsp of oil in a kadai /pan, add jeeraseeds ,when it sizzles, add all the powder and grated radish. Add salt if needed.
*Sauté till all the remaining water evaporates from the radish and it becomes dry. Now the stuffing is ready. Keep it aside .
*Make equal sized balls from the dough and the stuffing.
*Roll out the dough into a small circle, keep the stuffing inside, gather the ends and close it with the stuffing inside.
* Press it slightly, dust wheat flour and roll out gently into a circle with sealed side on the top.
* Heat a tawa, put the rolled out dough on it, wait for bubbles to appear,when you see bubbles appearing, spread oil on the surface and flip it over to the other side.
* Now again apply a tsp of oil on the other side and cook both the sides well till brown specks appear. Press the corners of the paratha for it to get cooked well.
* Mooli-Radish Paratha is ready to be served with pickle or chutney or curd.