Bathua Aloo Paratha (Punjabi Winter Greens Stuffed Flatbread)
Bathua Aloo Paratha is a nutritious Punjabi winter stuffed flatbread — wheat flour discs filled with mashed potato, finely chopped bathua (chenopodium/lamb's quarters) leaves, onion, garlic, green chillies, amchur, garam masala, salt, then shallow-fried on tawa with ghee until golden. Bathua is a winter-only iron-rich leafy green. A robust North Indian breakfast/lunch served with curd, butter, or pickle.
Ingredients
- Amchur (Whole Dried Green Mango Slices) — 1 tsp (whole)
- salt — 1 tsp (whole)
- Bathua Leaves — 4 cup (chopped)
- Garlic — 3 piece (chopped)
- green chillies — 2 piece (chopped)
- Wheat Flour (Atta) — 2 cup (whole)
- Water (optional) (whole)
- Ghee (optional) (whole)
- onion — 0.5 piece (chopped)
- Potato — 300 g (chopped)
- garam masala powder — 1 tsp (ground)
Method
- To begin making Aloo Bathua Paratha, place the potatoes in the pressure cooker along with some water and pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles and turn off the heat.
- Allow the pressure to release naturally.Once released, peel the skin and mash the potatoes and keep aside.Next make the dough for the parathas.
- In a bowl add whole wheat flour and salt and mix water and knead till you get a soft dough.
- Keep aside till you make the filling.Separate the Bathua Leaves from the stem and discard the stem.
- Wash and chop the bathua leaves.
- Preheat a pan on high heat; add the bathua leaves and cook the bathua leaves until soft and all the water has evaporated.
- Ensure there is no residue of moisture from the bathua.
- Turn off the heat and allow the bathua leaves to cool.In a mixing bowl, add the mashed potatoes, the cooked bathua leaves, chopped onions, green chillies, garlic, salt, garam masala powder and amchur powder.
- Mix the aloo bathua paratha mixture well.
- Give it a taste and adjust seasonings according to taste.Preheat a tava on medium heat and start making the parathas.To make the paratha take the required portion of Aloo Bathua Paratha dough and dust with dry wheat flour and flatten to a three inch diameter.
- Remove any excess dough at the top.Place the Aloo Bathua Paratha on a flat surface dusted with wheat flour and roll gently.
- Once done, remove from the tawa and proceed to make the remaining parathas the similar way and serve hot.Serve the Bathua Aloo Paratha Recipe along with Shalgam Gajar Aur Gobhi Ka Achar Recipe, Dahi, and a cup of Adrak Chai for a special weekend breakfast.
Common questions
- How many calories in one plate of Bathua Aloo Paratha (Punjabi Winter Greens Stuffed Flatbread)?
- 240 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 55 min — 30 min prep, 25 min cooking.