Paneer Paratha

For all the Paneer/Cottage Cheese lovers out there,here is another variety of stuffed paratha where grated paneer is used as the stuffing.It is very simple and quick to make.Here is the recipe to make a simple,easy paneer paratha. Paneer/cottage cheese has no taste by itself. hence, it is very important that we add necessary seasonings and masala to spice it up so that the paratha tastes great. My initial attempt at making paneer paratha was a big failure. not sure what went wrong, but it was too rubbery with no taste. This time I had made the paratha using Paneer Burji. This has all the flavors and spices in it and can be used a great stuffing for parathas, Let's look at the preparation.

Serves:8 - 10 parathas

Ingredients

Dough Ingredients 

1. Wheat Flour/Atta-2 cups 
2. Turmeric Powder-1 tsp 
3. Red Chili Powder-1 tsp 
4. Warm water as needed for kneading 
5. Oil as needed for kneading 
6. Salt to taste 
7. Ghee/Oil for roasting parathas

Paneer Stuffing Ingredients

Refer Paneer Burji recipe which will be used as stuffing here.

Add all ingredients to the flour with warm water

Knead to a soft dough

Cover with moist cloth and rest for 2 hours

Stuff paneer burji balls inside and roll them flat

Roast them on tawa with oil

Method

1. Mix wheat flour and all the powder mentioned under dough ingredients along with salt well.

2. Knead the dough well using water and oil as needed.

3. Make balls from the dough and roll it on a roller pin into flat round sheets.

5. Make balls out of the paneer burji stuffing.Place it on the center of the rolled dough sheet.Cover the paneer ball from all the sides with the dough.

6. Dust little flour and roll it into medium size.

7. Heat some ghee on a pan, roast the rolled parathas in the pan using ghee. When one side of the paratha becomes golden brown, flip it and cook the other side.

8. Serve the parathas hot with raitha or Curd.

Notes,Tips & Add-On's

1. Make sure you don't stuff too much that you find it difficult to roll.The stuffing may squeeze out. So take a small ball of stuffing depending on how big you want the parathas to be.
2. Make sure, the dough is not too sticky and soft while kneading. It has to have a perfect brown no sticky texture.
3. Don't dust too much that your parathas become hard on the surface.Dust only as needed.