Aloe Vera Paratha

• Servings: 4
• Preparation time: 10 minutes.
• Making dough time: 4-5 minutes.
• Rolling paratha time: 1 minute(each)
• Roasting time: 2 minutes(each).
• Total time: 18 minutes

I am passionate food blogger. Today’s recipe crafted from Aloe Vera leaf. The recipe is perfect for children Tiffin Boxes. Nowadays the school doesn’t allow fast food/junk food because processed food and junk food will make students lethargic. Aloe Vera paratha is a great substitute and tasty twist to the traditional paratha. I am sure, they will love it. Please give your comments… do you know Aloe vera is excellent for glowing hair and skin!

Follow the recipe…

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour (Atta): 2 cup
• Aloe Vera: 2 leaves(medium)
• Salt: 1 teaspoon
• Ajwain (carom seed): ½ teaspoon
• Ghee: 100 gm (to be used during roasting paratha)

Preparation:

1. Method to separate Aloe Vera pulp:
2. Cut Aloe Vera leaf into 4-5 inch long pieces; Leave it for 5- 10 minutes, the bitter yellow liquid will come out.
3. Discard thin layer from both end having yellow liquid, cut longitudinally into 2-3 pieces. See as in photos.
4. Peel off skin of the aloe Vera as in photo.
5. Put Aloe Vera pulp in mixer grinder; grind it on minimum speed to make the juice. Take a bowl, keep soup strainer over it, pour ground pulp, and sieve.

For making dough:

1. Take a wide vessel; pour Atta add aloe vera juice in small quantity and knead them, till the dough becomes soft (The dough can be made in food processor also). Cover and Keep aside, to be used after 10-20 minutes.

Method:

1. Divide dough into 6-8 parts, make balls, and Roll the ball in 3-4” diameter circle. Apply ½ teaspoon of ghee, fold one half as shown in the photo, apply ghee and fold once more to make triangle, roll this triangle into wheat flour and further roll it evenly into triangle paratha, Now raw paratha is ready.
2. Take a tawa (griddle), when it becomes hot; reduce the flame to medium, Place the rolled paratha on this. Cook for few seconds till it changes the colour, Turn the other side and cook it by pressing gently by spatula.
3. By pressing it will puff up into layers, apply some ghee and turn it, Cook both sides by applying ghee as well as pressing it lightly. Take out the paratha from griddle and serve.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

    

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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