Lacha Paratha
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Add flour to a bowl.
- 2Add a bit of ghee to the flour.
- 3Mix the flour and ghee.
- 4Slowly add warm water bit by bit and mix until it turns into a dough.
- 5If the dough is too hard, add more water. If it's too soft, add more flour.
- 6Let the dough rest for a bit. It can be a power nap or a long nap, but the nap is important.
- 7Take out a small ball of dough and flatten it using your hands and a rolling pin.
- 8Add more ghee on top of the flattened dough.
- 9Use a knife to cut the dough like this, then roll it around to make a small flower shape.
- 10Squash the flower and use a rolling pin to flatten it out into a nice round shape.
- 11Add ghee to a pan.
- 12Add your roti (paratha) to the pan.
- 13Cook the paratha from both sides, while it is cooking, brush or spoon ghee onto it.
- 14Keep adding ghee as it cooks.
Ingredients
- Flour
- Ghee
- Warm water
Equipment
Mixing bowlRolling pinKnifePanBrush or spoon
Tips
- For a very good paratha, make ghee your best friend, especially if you're lonely.
- Don't worry if the paratha isn't perfectly round, aunties aren't judging you.
- It shouldn't be too thick and it shouldn't be too thin.
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