Pumpkin paratha or kaddu paratha is a nutritious, tasty, mushy flatbreads made with wheat flour, yellow pumpkin and easy substances. On this publish, let’s examine how you can incorporate this vegetable in enjoyable method.
You can also make this anytime of the 12 months as it’s obtainable by means of out, however throughout fall, when pumpkin are in season, do give it a strive.
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I’ve seen kaddu ka paratha variations earlier however was not this tempted seeing this video. Someway the color, simplicity of the recipe and texture pushed me to strive instantly and wished to share right here too for you all to strive.
Seems actually mushy and stays mushy, so excellent to your child’s lunch field. Nutritious and finest strategy to embody yellow pumpkin in weight loss plan.
Listed here are few well being advantages of yellow pumpkin
- Wealthy in beta-carotene, so good for eyes.
- Wealthy in vitamins, helps total well being and increase immunity.
- Anti-inflammatory
- Has nutritional vitamins and antioxidants for a wholesome pores and skin.
- Magnesium and potassium helps with sustaining sturdy wholesome bones.
Components
I wished to maintain the substances actually easy and used minimal. See recipe card for portions.
- Yellow pumpkin – Generally known as Kaddu in Hindi, parangikkai in Tamil. Star ingredient of the recipe. I used the one we get right here in Singapore Fairprice.
- Wheat flour – I used retailer purchased atta. You should use entire wheat flour or selfmade flour too.
- Oil – Other than utilizing it for cooking, I added some to the dough as properly to carry softest outcomes.
- Sugar – Just a bit to reinforce the style
- Salt
See recipe card for portions.
Directions
- Peel the pumpkin firstly and take away seed half. Wash properly and dice roughly.
2. I place the items in a steamer plate and gave it a whistle in small stress cooker. You’ll be able to cook dinner any method you need.
💡Add 1 cup water to the stress cooker. Place the steamer over it, shut lid with stress valve and stress cook dinner for one whistle. Let the stress launch naturally.
3. As soon as carried out, take the cooked pumpkin in a mixing bowl.
4. Then mash it properly easily, with a sauce whisk or potato masher.
5. To it, add wheat flour, salt, sugar and oil.
6. Combine properly utilizing a spatula firstly. Then knead properly for a minute.
7. I switch to my bread maker and left it to do the job.
8. Cowl correctly and provides quarter-hour standing time.
9. After that, knead once more to clean properly.
10. Divide into 8 equal sized balls. Hold lined all the time.
11. Mud the counter high and take a dough portion. Mud properly with flour (I take advantage of all objective flour for dusting) Unfold like we normally do for chapati.
12. Then smear with a couple of drops of oil and sprinkle little flour.
Begin rolling from high.
Roll tightly moreover until finish.
13. Then utilizing a knife cut up the roll into two, leaving one finish intact.
14. After that, coil it in twisted method, tightly urgent.
15. Mud and begin spreading it.
16. I prefer to unfold thinly than we normally do for lachha paratha.
17. Then warmth a tawa/ griddle and place the unfold paratha over it.
18. Cook dinner in medium warmth. Smear little oil each side.
19. When you apply oil, it will get browned quick, so preserve it in examine. Press gently to make sure all components are cooked correctly.
20. Lastly, if you see golden spots on each side, take off and retailer in a scorching pack. Repeat to complete.
You’ll be able to serve with any vegetable sabji or your favourite aspect dish. Even merely with curd and pickle.
Substitutions
- Pumpkin – as a substitute of recent pumpkin, you can too use canned puree. You’ll be able to strive with ½ cup puree after which add extra if wanted. I’ve not tried this personally however certain it is going to work.
- Wheat flour – use all objective flour or combined of each should you prefer to strive. However this itself seems tremendous dream mushy.
- Gluten free – Exchange with bajra or different millet flour to make it with out gluten.
Variations
- Spicy – add chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, chaat masala, coriander leaves, ajwain or roasted cumin seeds powder for a chatpata twist.
- Deluxe – add chopped and sauteed palak to the dough (Indian spinach)
- Child pleasant – Make a cheese stuffed paratha with combined Italian herbs.
Storage
You’ll be able to retailer the dough in fridge for couple of days. Oil the floor and cling wrap tightly and preserve in a container, closed.
The paratha stays mushy even after cooling down, so excellent for lunch field.
To reheat paratha, you may warmth them over tawa in low flame or microwave for few seconds. You may also steam shortly.
High tip
- It’s important to peel the pumpkin correctly, to make sure it’s cooked evenly. This provides clean texture if you mash.
- Including oil and mashing the pumpkin whereas it’s scorching and making dough instantly ensures mushy paratha.
- Make sure that to knead properly easily and for some time to get the feel mushy.
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Pairing
These are my favourite dishes to serve with kaddu ka paratha:
Recipe card
Pumpkin Paratha | Kaddu Paratha Recipe
Pumpkin paratha or kaddu paratha is a nutritious, tasty, mushy flatbreads made with wheat flour, yellow pumpkin and easy substances. On this publish, let’s examine how you can incorporate this vegetable in enjoyable method.
Equipments (Amazon Affiliate hyperlinks)
Components
- 2 cups Wheat flour atta
- 1 & ¾ cups Yellow pumpkin cubed
- 1 – 2 tablespoon Oil so as to add to the dough
- ½ teaspoon Sugar
- Salt
- Oil for smearing
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Directions
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Peel the pumpkin firstly and take away seed half. Wash properly and dice roughly.
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I place the items in a steamer plate and gave it a whistle in small stress cooker. You'll be able to cook dinner any method you need.
-
As soon as carried out, take the cooked pumpkin in a mixing bowl.
-
Then mash it properly easily, with a sauce whisk or potato masher.
-
To it, add wheat flour, salt, sugar and oil.
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Combine properly utilizing a spatula firstly. Then knead properly for a minute.
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I switch to my bread maker and left it to do the job.
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Cowl correctly and provides quarter-hour standing time.
Make Kaddu ka paratha
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After that, knead once more to clean properly.
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Divide into 8 equal sized balls. Hold lined all the time.
-
Mud the counter high and take a dough portion. Mud properly with flour (I take advantage of all objective flour for dusting) Unfold like we normally do for chapati.
-
Then smear with a couple of drops of oil and sprinkle little flour.
-
Begin rolling from high.
-
Roll tightly moreover until finish.
-
Then utilizing a knife cut up the roll into two, leaving one finish intact.
-
After that, coil it in twisted method, tightly urgent.
-
Mud and begin spreading it.
-
I prefer to unfold thinly than we normally do for lachha paratha.
-
Then warmth a tawa/ griddle and place the unfold paratha over it.
-
Cook dinner in medium warmth. Smear little oil each side.
-
When you apply oil, it will get browned quick, so preserve it in examine. Press gently to make sure all components are cooked correctly.
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Lastly, if you see golden spots on each side, take off and retailer in a scorching pack. Repeat to complete.
Video
Notes
- It's important to peel the pumpkin correctly, to make sure it's cooked evenly. This provides clean texture if you mash.
- Including oil and mashing the pumpkin whereas it's scorching and making dough instantly ensures mushy paratha.
- Make sure that to knead properly easily and for some time to get the feel mushy.