Stuffed paratha (aloo, tofu, and gajar)

Stuffed paratha (aloo, tofu, and gajar)
Ingredients:
For dough:
Whole wheat flour – 2 cups
Salt as required
Water for mixing

For stuffing:
Potatoes – 3 medium sized (boiled and grated)
Tofu – 2 tablespoons (crumbled or grated)
Carrot – 2 tablespoons (grated)

Ginger - 1/2 tea spoon - grated
Chilli powder – ½ teaspoon
Cumin powder – ¼ teaspoon
Amchur powder – ¼ teaspoon
Chat masala – 2 pinches
Garam masala – ¼ teaspoon
Green chillies (finely chopped) – 2
Coriander leaves – 2 teaspoon (finely chopped no stems!)
Salt as required

Oil or butter for cooking paratha.

Method:
In a bowl, add wheat flour and salt. Mix well.
Add water, and form dough.
Cover and keep it aside.
Pat dry the tofu and crumble/grate.
In another bowl, add all the stuffing ingredients and mix well.
This stuffing mixture should be dry and soft.
Take lime sized dough and flatten it the diameter of 2 inches.

Stuff the required potato mix into the flat dough and wrap into a ball (whole stuffing should be dry).

Flatten again gently.

Fry on flat griddle. Apply oil or ghee on the both sides of the paratha.

Note: Squeeze out all the water from the tofu. Pat-dry and then crumble/grate.

Egg masala:
This recipe is referred to Malar Gandhi’s chicken tomato thokku. I made some changes in the ingredients according to our taste added egg, instead of chicken. We all loved the dish. Thanks Malar!

Heat the oil in a kadai.
To the oil, add saunf, 2 cloves and one cinnamon stick.
Then add, half cup of chopped onion piecesand fry till it becomes translucent.
Add a teaspoon of grated garlic and fry.
After 2 minutes, add tomato pieces, chopped from a big tomato.
Add salt.
Fry till the tomatoes become mushy.
Add a teaspoon of red chilli powder, ¼ teaspoon of turmeric powder and mix well.
Add ¼ cup of water and mix well.
After 3 minutes, add 4 boiled eggs, 2 pinch garam masala and few curry leaves, mix the egg with the masala and remove from fire.
Serve with chapathi.

Capsicum and tofu kurma.
This recipe is from Asha’s bell-pepper kurma. Made some changes by adding tofu and using the onions directly without grinding. I cooked this for dinner tonight. Shallow fry the tofu and add this to the masala. Thanks Asha! We loved this dish!

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