Homemade Garlic Naan Bread

Naan bread need not be made with tandoori oven always. I made this naan bread using a normal pan/tawa with few simple ingredients.

Preparation time :10 mins
Cooking time: 2 mins for each bread  
Serves - 4
Number of breads : Makes 8 to 9 approximately

Ingredients:
Egg - 1
Milk - 1 pint
Plain Flour - 4 cups
Garlic - 1 bulb
salt - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 1/2 cup

Pre-Requisites:
Peel the skin of the garlic and grate using a cheese grater.

Dough Preparation:
Break the egg and mix  it well with the milk. Add the salt with the flour so that it is mixed evenly.Knead the dough by adding little by little of the milk and egg mix with the plain flour until it becomes soft. If it is sticky add a bit more of the flour and continue kneading until it becomes soft.

 Divide the dough into several portions by making small balls using the palm .
Rolling the Dough:
Step1:
Do a bit of dusting and roll it using a rolling pin until all the corners are evenly flattened. If any edge gets sticky while rolling repeat the dusting process .

Step 2 :
Pull the edges of the rolled dough and make a small well. Add a teaspoon of grated garlic and roll it to a ball again

Step :3
Repeat step:1 by rolling the dough again to make the naan ready to cook.

Cooking Method:
  Heat a flat-bottomed pan for 2 minutes. Transfer the rolled dough into the pan. Add 1/2 a tsp of oil. Cook on one side   for a minute on a medium flame , turn it over and repeat the process by cooking on the other side of the Naan.

Naan bread is ready to serve. Serve it with any curry/gravy of your choice. I served it with Jalfrezi.

Stuffed Gobi Parata

Stuffed gobi parata is a famous North Indian delicacy . Traditional method is time consuming but i found a short-cut to make the stuffing using microwave.

 Ingredients:

Very finely chopped red onions - 1/4 cup
Garam masala powder - 2 tsps
Very finely chopped green chillies - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Cauliflower - 1 medium sized
Oil - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp

Pre-Requisite:

Grate the cauliflower by holding the stem and make sure only the florets are grated.

Make the chappathi dough ready 

 Cooking Method:

Add 1 tsp of oil, the finely chopped chillies and onions in a microwavable bowl and heat it for a minute.stir the contents by using a spoon and heat if for another minute. Now add the rest of the ingredients and cook for exactly 7 mins . Make sure to stir the contents every minute so that the taste of masala is even. Do not add water as the stuffing has  to be cooked with the water produced in the Cauliflower. The stuffing is ready. cool it down for a couple of minutes.Add a spoon of stuffing with the chappathi dough and roll it using the rolling pin. If u r a weight watcher , this is a perfect recipe for u !

Spring Onion Parata

Spring Onion Parata is a very healthy food packed with nutritional value.I used spring onions from my garden and my kitchen was filled with spring onion aroma for the whole day.

Ingredients:

Spring onions(finely chopped) - 1 cup

Wheat flour - 2 cups

Gram flour - 1/2 cup

Cummin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Lukewarm water - 1 cup

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Dough Preparation :

Mix all the ingredients listed above and knead the dough well

Parata Preparation :

Roll the dough into small lemon sized balls and make the flat bread using a rolling pin.

Kerala Parota

Kerala parota is a flat bread made with eggs and plain flour. Though it doesn't carry much of nutritional value i try to compensate with mixed veg spicy kurma to compensate it.

Ingredients :

Plain flour - 2 cups
Free range eggs - 2 medium
salt - 1 tsp
Sunflower Oil - 1 tbsp

Dough preparation :

Mix all the ingredients and knead it for 10 mins continuously to make it soft.

Parota preparation:

Roll the dough into small balls , apply oil on top of it and keep it aside. Now twist the dough balls
and into a spiral shape . Again roll it back into its original shape. Repeat the process thrice. Now roll the dough with the rolling pin and bake it.