Gajar Paratha Recipe | Carrot Paratha Recipe | How to make gajar paratha | Carrot stuffed paratha
Indian Gajar Paratha Recipe aka Carrot Paratha Recipe is a healthy and delicious flatbread stuffed with grated carrot, spices & herbs. It's enjoyed with Mixed Veg Pickle, Methi Chutney, and plain curd.
Servings 8
Calories 152kcal
Ingredients
Carrot Paratha Ingredients:
Ingredients for Gajar Paratha Dough:
- 2 cups Whole Wheat Flour/Atta
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1½ cup Water for kneading the dough
Carrot / Gajar stuffing Ingredients:
- 2 cups Carrot / Gajar (grated)
- 2 tsp Fresh Coriander (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp Green Chili (finely chopped)
- ½ tsp Ginger (grated)
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 pinch Asafoetida / Hing
- ¼ tsp Red Chili Powder
- ¼ tsp Chaat Masala
- ½ tsp Garam Masala
Ingredients for Roasting the Gajar Paratha:
- ½ cup Oil or Ghee
- ½ cup Wheat Flour for dusting
Instructions
Carrot/Gajar Paratha Dough Recipe:
- Firstly, take 2 cups whole wheat flour/atta along with ½ tsp salt (adjust as per your taste) in a big bowl.
- Additionally, add water gradually as required, combine all the ingredients, and Knead them into a semi-soft dough.
- Keep kneading this for about 4-5 minutes.
- Finally, cover and keep the gajar paratha dough aside for 25-30 minutes.
Gajar Stuffing Recipe:
- Firstly take 2 cups of grated carrot/gajar.
- Now, squeeze the grated gajar/carrot in a markin cloth.
- After that, take the squeezed gajar into a mixing bowl.
- Further, add finely chopped fresh coriander, green chili, grated ginger, salt, asafoetida/hing, red chili powder, chaat masala, and garam masala.
- Now mix all the ingredients well.
- Check the taste and add more salt or any other spices as per your taste.
- Finally, gajar stuffing or carrot filling is ready now.
Gajar paratha | Carrot stuffed paratha recipe:
- Firstly, pinch and make small balls from the dough.
- Take a dough ball, flatten it and dust it with whole wheat flour/atta.
- Roll out in a circle of about 4-5 inches in diameter.
- Place 1.5 tbsp gajar stuffing onto the flattened surface and press them with your fingers.
- After that, take the edge and start pleating as well as bringing the pleats to the center. Join the pleats together.
- The pleats must be joined well, otherwise, there will be gaps while rolling and the filling comes out.
- In case you do see the filling, then just take a small piece of dough and cover the gap.
- Dust some flour and start rolling the carrot paratha.
- Roll this gajar ka paratha to about the same size as that of a chapati or roti.
- Place the gajar stuffed paratha on a hot tawa or griddle.
- When one side has partially cooked, flip the paratha.
- Now partially cook this side too.
- Drizzle about 1 tsp of oil or clarified butter on the partly cooked part.
- Flip again and this time this side has to be cooked more than the previous side. You will see brown spots on the gajar ke parathe.
- Spread some oil or clarified butter on this 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 Gaajar Paratha are cooked properly.
- You should see crisp brown spots on the carrot stuffed paratha.
- Make all Gajar ke Parathas this way and stack them up in a roti basket or casserole.
- Now your delicious and yummy Carrot Parathas are ready to be served.
- Finally, you can serve this tasty and crispy Gajar ka Paratha with some extra butter, mix vegetable pickle, curd, and methi chutney.