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Cheese Paratha (with butter)

Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: flatbread, paratha
Servings: 4
Calories: 142kcal
Author: Penny Angeles-Tan

Equipment

  • large bowl
  • Rolling Pin
  • mat or board
  • pan
  • flipper/spatula

Ingredients

  • 1 cup wheat flour
  • wheat flour for dusting
  • 3/4 cup water approximately
  • butter (salted)
  • grated cheese

Instructions

Preparation

  • Place the wheat flour in a large bowl and add water a little at a time and mix until you form a soft, smooth dough ball
  • Dust the dough ball with flour and let it sit in the bowl for at least 15 minutes.
  • Divide the ball into 4 equal parts. Take 1 part and put the rest back in the bowl to sit.
  • Roll the 1 part into a ball, dust it, then flatten it and roll it out as thinly as possible. Dust it again.
  • Flip the rolled out dough and spread butter on top as evenly as possible and add the grated cheese and distribute more or less evenly.
  • Starting from one end, roll the dough into a long, thin log then twist it into a spiral until it looks like a cinnamon roll and tuck the end underneath. Dust and put it in the bowl.
  • Repeat from step 4 for the remaining pieces.

Cooking

  • Place your pan on the stove and put on low to medium heat. While it is heating up take one of your rolled dough, dust all sides, and roll it out evenly on your board until it is about 1/4 inch thick. If it is thinner than that it will come out a little tough.
  • Once the pan is hot, add a little butter to melt, spread it on the pan with the spatula then place the rolled out dough on the pan.
  • After about 20 to 30 seconds it will start to bubble and rise, flip it.
  • Give it another 20 to 30 seconds (or longer if you want it crisper) and flip it again then using your spatula press down evenly on the paratha to remove air bubbles and to make it crispy.
  • Remove the paratha from your pan and serve on a plate

Notes

  • 1 piece of paratha is only 123 calories.
  • 1 full serving is 2 pieces of paratha.
  • You can roll out all the dough ahead of time before you start cooking but it makes more sense to me to do it at the same time as it saves on time and the dough is kept more fresh
  • The butter makes the paratha yummier.  Some recipes will tell you to use ghee which is essentially butter. :D
  • You can eat paratha with anything!  It is the perfect rice substitute.