Bedmi Paratha
A Indian flatbread made with wheat flour and stuffed with cooked lentils..these are shallow fried till crisp. Bedmi parathas are a specialty of Uttar Pradesh.
Ingredients
Dough
- 2 cups wheat flour
- 2 tsp oil
- Salt to taste
Stuffing
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1/2 cup urad daal
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- Pinch asafoetida
- 2 green chilly
- 1/4 tsp red chilly powder
- 1/4 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp fennel seeds coarsely ground
- Salt to taste
Instructions
Dough
- Add oil and salt to the dough and bind it into a semi soft dough using water .
- Cover and let rest for 15 minutes .
Stuffing
- Soak the urad daal for at least 2 hours.
- Wash and grind it coarsely .
- Using a nonstick pan heat a tbsp of oil . Add cumin seeds , let crackle .
- Add asafoetida and fennel seeds .
- Add the coarsely ground Daal and all spices .
- Sauté , stirring continuously .
- Cook the mixture till there's no moisture .
- Let cool , add coriander leaves .
Preparing the Paratha.
- Pinch out
- roll into a 4'disc.
- Place the stuffing in the center.
- Bring together the edges and seal the stuffing.
- Press gently to make it flat and roll to a paratha, dusting with dry flour when needed.
- heat a griddle and cook the paratha drizzling with oil and flipping to get a perfect crunchy paratha.
