Gobhi Paratha – Recipe for Indian flat Bread stuffed with Cauliflower – 12 Apr 15

Mix the salt into the wheat flour, press the middle of the flour in and add the ghee into it as well. Mix it a bit and in a slow but steady stream, add the water. While doing this, you mix the water right away into the flour and start kneading. Once all water is in, start using both hands for kneading the dough. Knead it for three to five minutes.

Take the kneaded dough, separate it into 12 pieces of equal size and roll each of these pieces into the shape of a ball. Put the balls aside.

Now you take the cauliflower, take off the leaves and wash it well. Take the whole cauliflower and grate it into small pieces, starting with the florets.

In the next step, it is time to roll out the balls! With a rolling pin, you roll out one ball, making it flat but still about one centimeters thick. Take a teaspoon of the cauliflower and put it in the center. Now wrap the cauliflower by folding the sides up and pressing them together, so that it is fully closed. By rolling the dough in between your hands, you make a ball again.

Having repeated the stuffing process with all 12 pieces of dough, you can go on to roll out the final flat bread. Dip a ball into dry flour, place it on a surface which should be lightly floured as well and then roll it out with the rolling pin to a height of about three to five millimeters.

Finally, we get to frying the parathas. Heat up a pan and once it is hot, turn the heat down to medium heat. Place your rolled-out bread into the pan and let it get baked. You will notice that the heat dries the paratha and once it is dry on the side which is down, you can turn it around to do the same with the other side. Now take a teaspoon, dip it in a cup with oil or ghee and spread it on the side which was already fried. Turn the paratha around and do the same on the other side again. Take a spatula and slightly press down on the paratha to let it fry through completely. Turn it around again, repeat the same on the other side and thus fry it evenly from both sides.

Do the same with the remaining parathas. Eat them with yoghurt or yummy mixed pickles – enjoy!