Methi Laccha Paratha(wheat)-Healthy Lunch Box Recipe for Indian Kids

Preparation time-20 minutes

Serving-4

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour-3 cup
• Finely chopped methi leaves(fenugreek leaves)-1 cup
• Ajwain seeds(carom seed)-1 tbsp
• Salt-1 tsp or as per taste
• cooking oil/ ghee
• Water

Method:

• Add ajwain seeds, salt and oil/ghee into the wheat flour, mix it.
• Add required water into the flour and knead it into chapati dough.
• Take a small portion of prepared dough and roll into ball shape, dust it with little flour.
• Roll it to make chapati, apply little flour again and roll it.
• Apply oil/ghee all over on the chapati (only one side), sprinkle flour on the oily side.
• Pleat it like a paper fan, roll the pleated dough in a circle, join the edges.
• Dust some flour and now start rolling again into chapati.
• Heat tawa, Place the lachha paratha on hot tawa.
• After 30 seconds, flip it and apply oil /ghee all over.
• Flip again and apply ghee on the other side.
• Press the sides with the spatula till the parathas are browned evenly and well cooked.
• Take out on the serving plate, apply same process for the reamining dough.
• Ready to serve with any curry, raita and pickle.