Methi Paratha-Methi Paratha recipe-How to make Methi

Paratha
Fenugreek leaves or methi leaves are very good for health as they are rich in antioxidant,
iron and also a good source of dietary fiber. It also has vitamin C, thiamine, riboflavin,
vitamin B6, calcium, magnesium, potassium and selenium. It is beneficial to diabetic
patients and also helps to alleviate the symptoms of both menstruation and menopause.
In short fenugreek has numerous health benefits which can help in overall well being. So
try to include it in your diet at least once in a week.Today we will learn how to make
Methi Paratha (2 methods) following our easy recipe.



Method-1 How to make Methi Paratha (without cooking the leaves)

Prep time - under 15 mins
Cook time - 5 mins for each paratha
Yields - 5-6 parathas for 1 cup of wheat flour
Fenugreek leaves

Ingredients needed

Wheat flour - 2 cups
Methi leaves/fenugreek leaves - 1 cup
Red chilli powder - 3/4 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp (optional)
Jeera/Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil -2 tbsp

Oil for making parathas

Method

1.Wash methi leaves and drain the water. Chop it finely.
2.Mix wheat flour, methi leaves, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, jeera/cumin seeds,
salt and 2 tbsp of oil together. Add water little at a time and make a soft dough as shown
in the picture below. Cover it and let it sit for 1 hour.


3.Now make equal sized balls out of it and roll the balls dusting a little flour into round
shaped chapati with a rolling pin.

4.Heat a tawa and place the rolled out dough on it and cook for a minute.When bubbles
start appearing, apply a little oil and flip it over to the other side. Let the other side also
get cooked well.

5.Apply a little ghee and serve it with lemon pickle or curd or raita or chutneyor any side
dish of your choice.

Method -2 -Another variation (made by cooking fenugreek leaves)

Yields -5-6 methi parathas

Ingredients needed

Wheat flour -1 cup
Oil - 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Onion finely chopped - 1/4 cup
Ginger-garlic paste - 3/4 tsp
Methi leaves/ fenugreek leaves - 1 cup

Spice powder

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Cumin powder -1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 3/4-1 tsp
Amchur powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)

Method

Heat oil in a pan, add jeera seeds, when it splutters, add finely chopped onions.

Saute until onions turn pink. Add ginger garlic paste and saute until the raw flavor goes.
Then add finely chopped methi leaves, all the spice powder, little salt and cook on
medium flame until the methi leaves wilt. (see picture below). You do not have to
add water for cooking the leaves. If required, add 1-2 tbsp of water. Leave it to
cool.

Then add wheat flour to it and mix well. Add water little at a time and prepare a
soft dough. Grease your hand with oil and knead to a smooth dough. Keep it aside
for 1 hour.(picture below)



Roll out the dough just like chapati. Heat a tawa and cook both sides until brown specks
appear (follow the same procedures mentioned in method 1 for cooking the parathas).



Apply a little ghee or butter and serve with curd, pickle or chutney.

Note - It will stay soft even hours later if you keep it wrapped in a soft cotton cloth.

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Chapati Rolls-Vegetable Paneer Chapati Rolls Recipe-Lunch Box Ideas
for Work,School (Indian)
Are you stuck for ideas for healthy lunch box recipes or wondering what to pack for lunch every day?
Well, I have given few delicious and practical lunch box ideas for work (office), school that are
nutritious, healthy and also easy to prepare. Today we will see how to make chapati rolls with a
delicious semi dry paneer sabji and also a few lunch box ideas (Indian) for adults and kids.




How to make Chapati Rolls

Prep time - under 10 mins
Cook time - under 15 mins
Yields - 5 rolls

Ingredients needed

Chapati or phulka -5

Onion -1 big
Ginger-garlic paste -1 tsp
Green chillies -1
Tomato - 2 medium size
Capsicum -1 medium size
Paneer - 150 grams

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Cumin powder -1 tsp
Coriander powder -2 tsp
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Kitchen King Masala -1 tsp

Salt needed

For the seasoning

Oil - 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds/jeera - 1 tsp

Preparation

Prepare chapati and keep it ready.

Chop all the vegetables and cut the paneer into cubes.

Method

Heat oil, add cumin seeds, when it splutters, add finely chopped onions and green chillies. Saute until
onions turn transparent.

Add ginger garlic paste and saute for a few more minutes.

Add tomatoes, all the spice powder and salt needed. Cook until tomatoes become mushy.

Add chopped capsicum and cook for a few more minutes.


Once the capsicum gets cooked a little, add the cubed paneer pieces. Mix well and cook for 2-3
minutes until the masala gets coated with the paneer pieces well.

Add finely chopped coriander leaves. Switch off the flame. Let it cool a little.
Take a chapati, keep 2 tbsp of stuffing vertically, fold a little at the bottom as shown below and roll it
from the side tightly.

Pack it for lunch. The roti will not get soggy as it is a dry sabji. You can prepare the same recipe with
other dry sabjis. Check out my long list of more than 80 side dishes for chapati for more dry sabzi
recipes.



Note -You can skip green chillies, if it is for kids lunch box. Try lunch ideas given below and I am sure
your kids lunch box will come home empty.



Lunch Box Ideas for Work (office) and School
Lunch should be healthy and nutritious, so avoid packing unhealthy food or junk food or food
prepared with maida (all purpose flour) or processed food.

Sandwiches prepared with brown bread with a healthy filling is great for lunch. Try protein
packed kidney bean sandwich which is good for both kids and adults or spinach potato sandwich
or just potato sandwich. You can use leftover sabji like potato curry or carrot beans curry as a
filling for sandwich.

When packing dosas, make thick and spongy dosas as thin dosas will be become hard and unpalatable
when eaten later. You can make uthappam with carrots or mixed vegetable uttappam to make
it more healthy.Sponge dosa is also great for lunch as it will remain very soft until lunch time.

One pot meals are great for lunch like tomato rice, lemon rice,cauliflower rice,vegetable
rice or potato rice etc. Avoid packing khichdi for lunch as it tastes great only when eaten
hot. Rajma Chawal (kidney beans rice) sweet corn rice, channa pulao, red beans rice, peas
pulaoare all healthy, nutritious and high in protein which is required for growing kids. Check out
more recipes in my one pot meals section.

Chapati rolls or phulka with dry sabji works great for lunch. You can wrap it in aluminum foil to keep
the rotis soft until lunch time.
Curd rice with vegetables or curd rice with fruits is also a great option for lunch. To prevent
curd rice from getting sour, add more of milk and less curd. It will set by lunch time.

Idli is another great options for lunch. You can make vegetable idli or idly upma. When packing idli
with idli milagi podi, mix idli podi, oil and a tsp of water and then apply it on idlys, it will keep the
idlis soft until lunch time.

Check out more Lunch Box Ideas

If you have more interesting ideas, so share it in the comment section of this post.

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