sabah

These are copyrighted, sort of

I've discovered carrot paratha, apple paratha and the best, orange paratha. They all taste too good, though the apple one kinda scared me first. I'm gonna add these to our upcoming recipe site too, agar kabhi Allah swt ne taufeeq di tau.

Orange paratha.

You need:
Two fresh oranges, juice
Two cops of ata
a pinch of grounded cardamom
Orange ka chilka, only the orange part, finally chopped.
Sugar
butter


Mix everything and make a nice smooth dough. Keep in the fridge for a couple of hours.
Take it out and make a small size ball, roll it out
Spread butter on one side and sprinkle a tsp sugar on.
Roll it back and make a snake like thingie.
Fold the snake, so that it makes a ball like shape again.
Roll another roti and place the ball in the middle.
Wrap the roti around the ball and roll it out, gently. Keep it thick (two roti's size)
Place it on frying pan and fry on both sides till golden. Adding butter before turning.

This smells and taste good

Same procedure with carrots and apples, only difference is that you have to knead the dough with either water of milk. Use fresh, raw grated fruit and veggies. Carrot juice and sugar will caramelise and your paratha will look absolutely great.

I was considering strawberries next, but got a warning against that, bro will not eat it and I don't want to be the first. So waiting for mangoes.

LiL Mermaid

fruit parathay??
Sounds interesting! I'm willing to give the orange and carrot parathas a shot, but not mangoes. Not yet!

PrinceMS

and behold we have evolved and got Fruithay ...

P.S: If you will cook it - I am willingly to try it ... I will even sponsor the expedition

Brit Chick

Sounds like an interesting concoction.

Did you take the inspiration for this recipe from Danish pastries?

sabah

LM, I'm going to try mango parathe next month from Pak Insha Allah. I can almost imagine look of the paratha, it should be good, sugar will caramelise and taste should be fresh

Prince, I'm always willing to cook bas khane wale hone chahiye

Brit, no. I had bought too many carrots and didn't want to waste them. And now I'm sort of testing my bro and mamo's limits

Kwazy Kitty

Thanks for the recipe, tried it today as lunch for the family... they all loved it. I still have some of the orange mix atta left over - think i'll have it for breakfast 2moro.

amelie

nice!

amelie

doesn't the orange peel chilka get karva when in the atta?

meeni

^haan...thats a good question amelie

Kwazy Kitty

it didnt seem to, in fact i think most of the orange taste came from the the little zest pieces. I've used orange zest in a few other biscuit/cake recipes and i've never got a bitter taste from them. maybe it's cos they're cooked?? but it could just be due to the sweetness of the sugar overpowering the bitterness... tho i doubt it!

amelie

ok i just made it...i think i kept the dough to wet though b/c i had to add more atta and thenmy parai would fall apart...pllus i should have let the dough sit for a while. I ony had time to let it sit for 15 min....

Nice recipe but but it didn't turned out as nice (orange was too kata) as I would have liked..so will try again bc i think it was my fault this time....

sabah

KK

amelie, only the white part, right under the top skin is bitter, you should avoid that in cooking.

lazy_daisy

I like the idea of this...thankyou Sabah, Ill try and make it when i have a little time.
Do you think that other ideas might work

chocolate and orange( made with plain/allpurpose flour so its lighter, choc powder and grated orange rind) made in small size.

honey and walnut

or savoury versions

i think grated parmasan and some fresh herbs oilive oil or chilli and lemon will work.

all i need now is some time.

Femme Fatale

Can I use Tropicana Orange Juice instead?

funguy

or you can dip fried naan in a glass of Orange juice to get the flavor

Femme Fatale

That would be too soggy, unless you dip it and re-fry it.

sabah

LD, plain flour doesn't make paratha light. Choco will melt and you'll get a messy result, unless your paratha is very thick. Honey sounds good, I'll try that today and let you know. Cheese paratha are pretty common so is masala paratha and roti, even tandoori masala paratha is common, so you can just go ahead. I wouldn't use oil for paratha though, just don't like the smell of oil in paratha.

FF, jo marzi use kareiN I'm sure result different and nice hi ho ga

lazy_daisy

Sabah, i use plain flour for paratha or a mixture of half plan and half chappatti flour and they turn out to be be "lighter" on the stomach than the all chapp flour variety.

I was thinking of stealing you idea and adding to it (well youve published it now and made it public property )
what I like about it was the putting the first ball of dough inside the other , this would eliminate the "gunk" spilling out and making a mess.

if you add choc powder/cocoa to the flour to add chocolaty taste and perhaps egg to make a richer dough and use butter instead of oil