Bathua ka Paratha | Bathua Aloo stuffed Paratha Recipe | Bathua ka bharwa Paratha Recipe
Bathua ka Paratha Recipe i.e. Bathua Aloo stuffed Paratha Recipe is a nutritious stuffed paratha made from boiled bathua and aloo. Bathua, also known as pappu kura in Telugu, paruppu keerai in Tamil, lambs quarter in English, chenopodium album, pigweed, and goosefoot, is a popular leafy vegetable available during the winter season. Betway ke parathe (bathua ka paratha) is very good for health.
Servings 5
Calories 167kcal
Ingredients
- Boiled Potatoes - 3
- Bathua Leaves - 250 grams
- Green Chilies - 2 (finely chopped)
- Piece of Ginger - 1 inch (grated)
- Red Chili Powder - ½ tsp
- Salt - 2 Tsp (as per taste)
- Wheat Flour - 3 cup
- Water - 2 Cup (or as per required for kneading dough)
- Oil - ½ cup (as required for roasting parathas)
Instructions
Instructions for kneading dough for Aloo Bathua Paratha Recipe:
- Take the wheat flour in a large bowl and add 1 tsp of salt.
- Now add water gradually and bring the mixture together.
- Knead into a smooth soft dough.
- Keep kneading the dough for about 4-5 minutes.
- Cover and keep the dough for bathua paratha aside for 30 minutes.
Instructions for Bathua Paratha Stuffing:
- To begin making Aloo Bathua paratha, Firstly, boil the potato in a pressure cooker. Now peel and then grate the potatoes or mash the potatoes with a potato masher. The potatoes should be mashed or grated very well. There should be no lumps or small pieces in it.
- Now remove the Bathua Leaves from the stem and discard the stem. Wash the Bathua leaves.
- Add Bathua leaves and 1 cup of water into the pressure cooker.
- Pressure cook the bathua leaves for one whistle.
- After one whistle, turn off the flame and open the lid after 5-7 minutes.
- Further, strain the excess water from boiled bathua with the help of stainer.
- Keep it side and let it cool.
- After that squeeze the boiled bathua and grate it.
- Take a bowl and add mashed potatoes, grated bathua, green chilies, grated ginger, red chili powder, and salt. Mix all ingredients very well.
- Check the taste and add more salt or red chili powder as per your taste.
How to make Bathua Paratha | Betway ke Parathe | Bathua Aloo ka Paratha Recipe with step by step photos:
- After 30 minutes, divide the dough into equal balls.
- Take a ball and flatten them and dust with whole wheat flour.
- Roll it in a circle of about 5 inches in diameter. Place a ball sized stuffing onto the flattened surface and press them with fingers.
- Take the edge and start pleating as well as bringing the pleats in the center. Join the pleats together.
- The pleats have to be joined well, as otherwise there will be gaps while rolling and the filling comes out.
- Sprinkle flour on the surface so that the dough doesn't stick to your rolling pin or the rolling surface.
- Roll this bathua stuffed paratha to about the same size as that of a chapati.
- Place the bathua aloo paratha on a hot Tawa.
- When one side has partly cooked, flip the paratha.
- When another side of bathua paratha is also partially cooked as well then drizzle some oil or clarified butter.
- Flip again and this time this side has to be cooked more than the previous side. you will see brown spots on the paratha.
- Spread some oil or clarified butter on another side too.
- A well-made and well-roasted paratha will puff up. Press it down with a spatula.
- Flip again once or twice till both sides of the bathua ka paratha are cooked properly. you should see crisp brown spots on the bathua paratha.
- Make all bathua parathas this way and stack them up in a roti basket or casserole.
- Finely, your delicious and hot stuffed bathua parathas are ready to be served.
- You can serve this bathua ka parathas with some extra Butter, Cauliflower Carrot Radish Pickle, Curd, Methi Chutney, or Coriander Chutney.