Cheese Paratha

Cheese paratha

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 5

Servings parathas

Calories 341kcal

Author Chhavi

Equipment

Box Grater

Ingredients

1 Cup Wheat Flour More for dusting
120 gms Cheese Cheddar cheese or 2 cheese cubes per paratha
¼ teaspoon Chili flakes or chili paste
1 Tablespoon Oil or ghee for frying

Instructions

Grate the cheese. Add chilli flakes and mix.
In a large bowl, take the flour. Start adding in water to bring the dough toghether. Knead the dough for 1-2 minutes.
Divide the dough into golf ball sized balls.
Meanwhile heat the tawa or pan.
Dust the ball with some dry flour. Place it on a rolling surface. Flatten it with your palm and roll it into a circular shaped disc.
Take half of the cheese mixture and make it into a ball. Compress the cheese toghether. Bring the ends together and pinch to close the seams.
Once the pan or tawa is hot, add the rolled paratha. Flip once it turns slightly brown.
Once it's semi cooked, brush with ghee or oil on both sides, continue to cook till you see golden brown spot
Serve with ketchup.

Notes

Frying parathas in Ghee

My mother always made parathas with oil instead of ghee. Cooking parathas in ghee smokes up the kitchen, so if you have a small kitchen with bad ventilation, use oil like avocado oil to cook the parathas instead.

Heat Management

The parathas should be cooked on medium heat. If it's too hot, the outside will cook too quickly.

Make sure you keep adjusting the heat in between.

Troubleshoot

You could encounter following issues

Cheese Oozing out of paratha- Make sure you seal the paratha well, otherwise the cheese will ooze out and burn on the tawa.

Do not add any hard bits and bobs like onions, cilantro stems, these will make holes in the paratha from which the cheese will ooze out.

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