Saturday, February 27, 2016

Mughlai Paratha - Bengali style

Mughlau Paratha

Background: Today's number is Mughlai Paratha (Bengali style). It's a delicious stuffed paratha, very popular in Bengal, especially famous to be a sensational street food. Calling it "Mughlai" doesn't always mean it is having a historic link to Mughal empire's (well I am not sure), but adding Mughlai to the name probably to define it's reach, delicious taste.   
I would suggest this Paratha with Chicken chanp if you are serving it for dinner, and a typical bengali salad (Onions and cucumber chopped). You can also try it with Aloo ka Sabji to keep it simpler. 



P.C. The following recipe is from Sumana Banerjee, my Mom. I don't claim it's authenticity but definitely claim it's delicious taste as I tries numbers of times and my guests are with  me in this :)

Ingredients:

  • Onion (Big size 3 - 4)
  • Green Chillies ( 10 - 12)
  • Ginger and Garlic 
  • White Oil
  • Whole Jeera(Cumin seeds) and whole Mauri(Fellel seeds)
  • Minced Chicken (preferred)/Turkey
  • Yellow Turmeric powder
  • Bread Crumb (1-2 box)
  • Eggs (10 - 12)
  • Maida (Self-Rising Flour)
Method of making the stuff:

  • Chop the Onions and green chilies
  • Cut ginger into tiny pieces
  • Chop Garlics cloves
  • Heat a non-stick pan/kadhai, put generous amount of oil in it.
  • Once oil hot, put jeera and mauri.
  • Put chopped ginger and garlic and keep stirring until nice smell comes out.
  • Add chopped onions and then stir until onions brown.
  • Add minced chicken and mix it all up and keep stirring.
  • add a little turmeric, salt to taste.
  • Once chicken is ready(cooked), put the stove off.
  • Add bread crumb to the chicken, mix well to make it a crumbled mix(edible and completely cooked)
  • Keep it a side

Method of making Dough:
  • Mix Maida with oil (10:1 proportion)
  • Put a little salt and sugar (to taste)
  • put water and mix to make dough
  • Kneed very well until the dough is very soft


Method of making Paratha:

  • Make a shallow pan ready with oil to shallow fry the paratha
  • Make small ball of the dough and roll it to 4-5 inch radius circle
  • Add 2 spoon of  ready stuff mix that you made earlier in a small bowl
  • add 1 bitten egg to it
  • mix it up(make sure the consistency not too think but not as thin too).
  • Pour to the 5 inch radius rolled maida and spread it to as much end as possible.
  • fold the circular maida's end in a shape of square
  • Very quick brought it to the pan to shallow fry it



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