Aloo Ki Roti / Stuffed Paratha
Fried chapatti stuffed with potatoes – one of my favourite things in the world.I'm not going to lie to you, this is hard – you need some mad culinary dexterity for most of the steps – the good news is that once you manage aloo ki roti, you can swap the potatoes for delicious things like white raddish, cabbage or even mince.Full disclosure, my mum helped 🙂Strap yourself tightly into your apron and let's go.
Ingredients
Chapatis
- 2 cups chapati flour
- 1 cup water
Filling
- 4 small potatoes
- 1 small brown onion finely chopped
- 2 green chillies finely chopped
- 1 handful fresh coriander roughly chopped
- 1 clove garlic finely chopped
- 2 tsp salt
- ½ tsp cumin seeds power if fine if you don’t have seeds
- ½ tsp garam masala
Instructions
- Put 4 small potatoes with the skin on to boil in plenty of water. once boiling cover and leave on low heat until cooked through – around 25 minutes.
In the meantime we're going to make the dough for the chapattis.
- Use a large mixing bowl and a low surface like the dining table because it’s going to need plenty of kneading.
- Add around 2 cups of flour and keep a large glass of cold water handy. Add a little at a time while mixing it through with your hands.
- Keep adding water until the flour turns into a tough dough, now carry on adding a tablespoon at a time until the dough softens and you get a stretchy mass.
- It should now be easier to knead and fairly stretchy as if you’re making bread.
- Leave that to stand uncovered for around 20 minutes.
- This step is hard if you’re not used to making dough so I will add a video as soon as a get a chance.
Now we're going to sort out the stuffing mixture.
- Once the potatoes are cooked through drain and peel them. Add to another mixing bowl and mash them roughly.
- Add in the onions, chillies, salt, cumin seeds, garam masala, coriander and garlic.
- Mix it all up and you should end up with a dryish mixture
- Now, using a rolling pin we’re going to roll out 2 small chapattis about a quarter to half an inch thick and 5 inches in diameter.
- Pile the mixture on one of the small chapattis and put the other part over the top and lightly press in around the edges.
- Use the pictures to guide you.
- Flatten carefully with your hands, then roll out using a rolling pin until its around 10 inches in diameter.
- Heat some butter on a flat chapatti pan as shown in the pictures and carefully place the filled chapatti once melted.
- Ok, that’s the hard part over with.
- Fry lighty adding more butter as you turn it.
- First we cook lightly so the chapatti doesn’t break apart then we turn it over and cook the other side lightly.
- Now the top should be just cooked enough for you to run a block of butter over it, once the bottom is the same turn over and repeat until you have butter both sides once.
- Fry until the chapatti is brown on both sides and you’re done.
- This can be eaten with yogurt to take the edge of the chilli or on its own with tea.
Leftovers
Aloo Paratha Kathi Roll
Whisk a couple of eggs and pour them into a hot, lightly oiled pan. Lay the paratha over the uncooked egg and cook until set, turning to warm both sides. Add sliced onion, yoghurt, chilli sauce and any leftover chicken or vegetables, then roll it up street-food style.
Aloo Paratha Breakfast Wrap
Scramble two eggs with a handful of spinach or whatever vegetables you have. Pile onto the paratha, fold and warm in the pan. The spiced potato filling makes this a comforting Pakistani-style breakfast wrap.
Aloo Paratha Grilled Chicken Wrap
Add sliced leftover grilled chicken (or another protein), lettuce, onion, yoghurt and a squeeze of lemon. Roll it all up in the paratha and warm briefly. The potato filling adds plenty of flavour.
Aloo Paratha Bean & Cheese Foldover
Spread a spoonful of refried beans over the paratha, add cheese and fold in half. Pan-fry until the cheese melts. Cheap, comforting and ideal for a quick meal.