Ingredients for the stuffing:
1 medium to large radish (mooli)
½ Tbsp. red chilli powder
½ Tbsp. Spice mix (garam masala powder)
¼ Tbsp.. cumin seeds(roasted)
¼ Tbsp.. fennel seeds (roasted)
¼ Tbsp.. turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Cooking oil/ Clarified butter for frying
For making dough:
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 to 2 teaspoons oil
Water as required for kneading
½ cup curd
Salt to taste
Method:
Kneading dough for paratha:
In a bowl, take whole wheat flour. Make a well in the center. Add salt, oil and about half of the water. Bring the mixture together and knead into a smooth soft dough.
Cover and keep the dough aside for 15 – 20 minutes.
Mooli stuffing:
Grate the mooli (radish) and keep aside for 15-20 minutes and later squeeze the water from it. In a pan heat 1Tbsp. oil, add cumin seeds and fennel seeds, let it splutter. Then add the grated mooli.Stir on medium flame. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt to taste. Mix well. Let it cool.
Rolling and stuffing mooli paratha:
Take a medium ball dough. Roll and flatten it. Dust with some flour and roll it in a circle of about 5 to 5.5 inches in diameter. Place the mooli stuffing in the center, keeping about 2 to 2.5 inches space from the sides. Take the edge and start pleating as well as bringing the pleats in the center.Join the pleats together. The pleats have to be joined well, as otherwise there will be gaps while rolling and the filling comes out.
Don’t use too much stuffing as in that case the parathas can break while rolling.
In the meantime, heat the tava (griddle). Roll the dough into the size of a paratha or roti. Care should be taken while rolling the dough as the paratha may break.
Fry the paratha on a hot tava using oil. The paratha should become golden and crisp from both sides. Make sure that the paratha edges are fried well. You can use spatula to press them. Use liberal amount of oil to fry the parathas. Well fried paratha will have some brown spots and might puff up little.
Serve the paratha hot with butter/makhan or curd or the pickle of your choice.
