Ingredients:
- 1 cup grated carrot
- 1 cup grated bottlegourd
- 2 spoons garlic paste
- 1 cup grated cabbage
- 1 cup finely chopped capsicum
- 1/2 spoon ginger paste
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 cup grated cauliflower
- Salt to taste
- 1 cup grated cottage cheese (paneer)
- 1 spoon green chilly paste
- 2 spoons sesame seeds (tal)
- 2 spoons finely chopped coriander (kothmir)
- 1 spoon kashmiri red chilly powder
- 1/2 spoon turmeric powder
- 1 spoon garam masala powder
- 1 spoon Kitchen King masala
- 1/2 spoon dry mango powder (aamchur powder)
- 1 spoon dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi)
- 1/4 spoon asafoetida (hing)
- 1/2 cup wheat flour
- 1/2 cup millet flour (bajri flour)
- 1/4 cup chickpea flour (chana flour)
- 1/4 cup sorghum flour (jowar flour)
- 2-3 spoons of oil
- Water
Method
Mix all the vegetables and cottage cheese on a plate. Add all the masalas and powders mentioned in the ingredients in this vegetable mixture. Then add oil to this mixture and mix thoroughly. Next, add all the flours to this mixture and mix thoroughly with your hands again. Then add the required amount of water to prepare the dough. Let this dough rest for 5 to 10 minutes. Then take out small balls from this dough, roll them into smooth round balls and flatten them in the shape of a paratha using a rolling pin.
Place this paratha on a non-stick pan (tawa) and roast it using ghee on both sides (you can also use oil instead of ghee for roasting). Once roasted, take this paratha on a plate, add butter on top of it, and serve it with green chutney, ketchup, and boondi raita.
Health benefits of this paratha
These parathas are very healthy because they contain a wide range of vegetables. You can add even more vegetables as per your choice like blanched spinach, grated beetroot, and grated broccoli. Along with cottage cheese, you can also add processed cheese to the mixture. Kids especially prefer processed cheese. A lot of the vegetables added to this paratha are rich in fibers and help with digestion. The green vegetables used in this paratha are rich in vitamins and minerals, proteins, and fibers, and low in calories. This paratha is a tasty way of making stubborn kids eat the required vegetables for their nutrition.
The millet flour used in this paratha helps with weight loss. It is especially recommended for diabetics. The sorghum flour (jowar flour) used in this paratha is rich in magnesium, copper, and calcium. This helps strengthen bones and tissues. This flour also contains iron, thereby increasing the red blood cells. The sesame seeds used in this paratha are another rich source of calcium. The ghee roasted for roasting the parathas also has several health benefits, including the reduction of unhealthy cholesterol.
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