Move over Gajar Ka Halwa, make Stuffed Gajar Paratha

2 cup wheat flour
1 cup carrots (grated)
2 tbsp green coriander(finely chopped)
4 tbsp oil or ghee
1-2 green chilly (finely chopped)
1 inch piece ginger (grated)
Salt (as per taste)
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
Less than 1/4 tsp Red chilly powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
1/4 tsp mango powder

Method
* Sieve wheat flour in a big bowl. Add 1/2 tsp salt and 2 tsp oil into it.

* With the help of 1/2 cup water, knead soft dough

* Cover and keep the dough aside for 20 minutes to set.

* Meanwhile prepare stuffing for the parathas.

* Preheat oil in a pan. When oil is sufficiently hot, add cumin seeds and saute for while.

* After sauteing cumin seeds, add green chilly, ginger, coriander powder and saute the spices for few minutes.

* Now add salt, red chilly powder in grated carrots and saute the carrots for 2-3 minutes until water evaporates. Carrot filling is now ready.

Make the gajar filling (Source: nishamadhulika.com)

* Dough is also ready. Take little amount of dough (equal to the size of lemon) and roll it in round shape.

* Dust the dough ball in dry flour and roll into 3-4 inch diameter paratha.

* Preheat tawa. Place 1-2 tsp stuffing over rolled paratha and lift the paratha from all sides to close the stuffing.

* Flatten the dough ball with your fingers so that stuffing gets spread evenly inside the paratha. Dust with dry flour and flatten some more with your fingers. Now roll into 6-7 inch diameter paratha.

Flatten the dough ball with your fingers so that stuffing gets spread evenly inside the paratha. (Source: nishamadhulika.com)

(Source: nishamadhulika.com)

* Grease the tawa with some oil and place the paratha over the tawa.

* Cook until its roasted from beneath. When its roasted from beneath, spread some oil on the upper side and flip the parantha. Spread some oil on this side as well.

Press the parantha with ladle gently and roast until it gets brown spots evenly on both the sides (Keep the flame medium. Increase the flame whenever required. This way you can prepare nicely roasted parathas).

ress the parantha with ladle gently and roast until it gets brown spots evenly on both the sides (Source: nishamadhulika.com)

* Take off the paratha from the flame and place it in a plate. Likewise prepare all parathas.

* Serve carrot stuffed paranthas with chutney, pickle, raita, aloo-tomato curry or any other sabzi you relish eating the most.

A homemaker in Noida, and passionate about cooking, Nisha Madhulika at 54 started http://www.nishamadhulika.com in 2007. She started her YouTube channel in mid 2011. She is known for making recipes with easily available ingredients. She has posted more than 1100 videos on her channel so far. She is one of the most popular chefs online and was recently featured in YouTube Top Chefs coffee table book.