
Hot Flaky Paratha
PREP TIME: 120mins
COOKING TIME: 5mins
I love paratha and it is such a buttery addition to mop any curry flavours up with. Flaky, crispy, buttery and fluffy. Although easy to make, you do need some time to make these.
Serving Suggestion:
Perfect with curry or on its own! Teenager daughters favourite!
What you'll need:
A good non stick frying pan.
Ingredients:
- 130g unsalted butter
- 450g plain white flour
- 1 1/4 tspn salt
- 185ml warm water
- melted butter to grease
Method:
- Melt 80g of butter. Put the flour and salt into a large bowl, mix together, then add the melted butter and mix with your hands until the flour resembles breadcrumbs. Little by little add the warm water until a dough forms.
- Tip the dough onto a clean floured surface and knead for 5 min until soft. Leave in an oiled bowl, covered by cling film in a warm spot for an hour.
- After and hour, seperate the dough into 10 balls, place on a baking tray and cover, leave for another 20 min.
- After 20 min, take one dough ball and roll into a small circle (15cm) on a well floured surface.
- Heat the oven to 110c
- Brush the surface of the circle with some melted butter, sprinkle it with a light dusting of flour and fold in half (creating a half moon), this will help the create the flaky layers.
- Brush the half moon with melted butter, dusting again lightly with flour, and fold in half to create a triangle.
- Start rolling the triangle until you are left with a large pizza slice. Repeat with the other dough balls.
- You can now start to cook your parathas and rolling at the same time. To cook, brush the slice with some melted butter (optional) place a frying pan on a med heat, and when its hot, lay the paratha in the pan.
- Leave to cook for about a minute, flip and cook on the other side for another minutes. Brush the sides with melted butter. Flip each side twice
- Paratha is cooked when the paratha is a good colour and no grey (uncooked) spots visible. Repeat with the rest of of the balls.
- Keep paratha warm in foil in the oven while cooking the rest.
- Serve immediately.
Kitchen Notes:
The more butter you use the flakier the pastry will be. Paratha can also be rolled into a coil, like a snails tale in a way.
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