Whole Wheat Spinach Paneer Lifafa Paratha Recipe
A diabetic friendly Indian recipe with whole wheat flour, ghee, salt - to taste. Ready in 1h 5m, serves 4.
Curated byAarav Mehta🇮🇳
Instructions
34 steps- 1
To begin making the Whole Wheat Spinach Paneer Lifafa Paratha Recipe, in a mixing bowl add the whole wheat flour, salt, 1 tablespoon melted ghee and mix
whole wheat flour(2 cups)ghee(1 tablespoon)salt - to tasteghee - for cooking the parathasteaspoons corn flour(2)paneer (homemade cottage cheese) - grated(250 grams)-/2 spinach leaves (palak) - finely chopped (tightly packed)(1 cup)salt - to taste - 2
Next add water little by little and start kneading the dough
- 3
If you are looking for softer texture add only milk to knead the dough and no water
- 4
Knead till you get soft, smooth dough
- 5
Cover and let the paratha dough rest for 30 minutes
- 6
While the lifafa paratha dough is resting we can make the stuffing
- 7
Heat oil in a pan
- 8
To hot oil add cumin seeds and wait till they turn slight brown
cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)cumin powder (jeera) - (roasted and ground)(1 teaspoon) - 9
Add onions and green chilies and sauté till onions turn soft
onion - finely chopped(1)green chillies - finely chopped(3) - 10
Add finely chopped spinach and cook until spinach looses all it’s moisture
-/2 spinach leaves (palak) - finely chopped (tightly packed)(1 cup)onion - finely chopped(1)green chillies - finely chopped(3) - 11
Add salt to taste
salt - to tastesalt - to taste - 12
Once spinach is completely dry, turn off heat and keep it aside to cool down
-/2 spinach leaves (palak) - finely chopped (tightly packed)(1 cup) - 13
Add roasted cumin powder, chaat masala to grated paneer
paneer (homemade cottage cheese) - grated(250 grams)cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)cumin powder (jeera) - (roasted and ground)(1 teaspoon)chaat masala powder(1/2 teaspoon) - 14
Add cooked spinach mix and mix them all together
-/2 spinach leaves (palak) - finely chopped (tightly packed)(1 cup) - 15
This paratha stuffing mixture should be dry
- 16
If you find any liquid in it, squeeze it out
- 17
Divide them into equal sized balls
- 18
In a small bowl, combine the corn flour along with water to make a thick paste
whole wheat flour(2 cups)teaspoons corn flour(2) - 19
This will be used for sealing the edges
- 20
Knead the paratha dough once more and divide them into equal sized balls (lemon sized)
- 21
Roll it thin about 10 inch
- 22
Place it on hot griddle/tawa and cook for 10 seconds on each sides, without oil
- 23
Dont over cook it
- 24
Take it out of tawa
- 25
Repeat this for rest of the dough
- 26
Now place half cooked rotis on a flat surface
- 27
Place a small portion of spinach paneer stuffing in the center
paneer (homemade cottage cheese) - grated(250 grams)-/2 spinach leaves (palak) - finely chopped (tightly packed)(1 cup) - 28
Spread the stuffing all over leaving out the edges
- 29
Apply corn flour paste on the edges of the roti
whole wheat flour(2 cups)teaspoons corn flour(2) - 30
Fold the 2 opposite corners of the roti over the stuffing
teaspoons corn flour(2) - 31
Now fold the remaining 2 edges sealing the filling well
- 32
This will look like a folded envelope
- 33
Place the stuffed lifafa spinach paneer paratha over hot tawa, drizzle oil or ghee and cook on both sides until they turn brown on both sides
ghee(1 tablespoon)ghee - for cooking the parathaspaneer (homemade cottage cheese) - grated(250 grams)-/2 spinach leaves (palak) - finely chopped (tightly packed)(1 cup) - 34
Serve the Whole Wheat Spinach Paneer Lifafa Paratha immediately with some yogurt and pickle for breakfast or even a weeknight dinner
whole wheat flour(2 cups)paneer (homemade cottage cheese) - grated(250 grams)-/2 spinach leaves (palak) - finely chopped (tightly packed)(1 cup)
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Whole Wheat Spinach Paneer Lifafa Paratha Recipe
A diabetic friendly Indian recipe with whole wheat flour, ghee, salt - to taste. Ready in 1h 5m, serves 4.
Curated byAarav Mehta🇮🇳
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34 steps- 1
To begin making the Whole Wheat Spinach Paneer Lifafa Paratha Recipe, in a mixing bowl add the whole wheat flour, salt, 1 tablespoon melted ghee and mix
whole wheat flour(2 cups)ghee(1 tablespoon)salt - to tasteghee - for cooking the parathasteaspoons corn flour(2)paneer (homemade cottage cheese) - grated(250 grams)-/2 spinach leaves (palak) - finely chopped (tightly packed)(1 cup)salt - to taste - 2
Next add water little by little and start kneading the dough
- 3
If you are looking for softer texture add only milk to knead the dough and no water
- 4
Knead till you get soft, smooth dough
- 5
Cover and let the paratha dough rest for 30 minutes
- 6
While the lifafa paratha dough is resting we can make the stuffing
- 7
Heat oil in a pan
- 8
To hot oil add cumin seeds and wait till they turn slight brown
cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)cumin powder (jeera) - (roasted and ground)(1 teaspoon) - 9
Add onions and green chilies and sauté till onions turn soft
onion - finely chopped(1)green chillies - finely chopped(3) - 10
Add finely chopped spinach and cook until spinach looses all it’s moisture
-/2 spinach leaves (palak) - finely chopped (tightly packed)(1 cup)onion - finely chopped(1)green chillies - finely chopped(3) - 11
Add salt to taste
salt - to tastesalt - to taste - 12
Once spinach is completely dry, turn off heat and keep it aside to cool down
-/2 spinach leaves (palak) - finely chopped (tightly packed)(1 cup) - 13
Add roasted cumin powder, chaat masala to grated paneer
paneer (homemade cottage cheese) - grated(250 grams)cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)cumin powder (jeera) - (roasted and ground)(1 teaspoon)chaat masala powder(1/2 teaspoon) - 14
Add cooked spinach mix and mix them all together
-/2 spinach leaves (palak) - finely chopped (tightly packed)(1 cup) - 15
This paratha stuffing mixture should be dry
- 16
If you find any liquid in it, squeeze it out
- 17
Divide them into equal sized balls
- 18
In a small bowl, combine the corn flour along with water to make a thick paste
whole wheat flour(2 cups)teaspoons corn flour(2) - 19
This will be used for sealing the edges
- 20
Knead the paratha dough once more and divide them into equal sized balls (lemon sized)
- 21
Roll it thin about 10 inch
- 22
Place it on hot griddle/tawa and cook for 10 seconds on each sides, without oil
- 23
Dont over cook it
- 24
Take it out of tawa
- 25
Repeat this for rest of the dough
- 26
Now place half cooked rotis on a flat surface
- 27
Place a small portion of spinach paneer stuffing in the center
paneer (homemade cottage cheese) - grated(250 grams)-/2 spinach leaves (palak) - finely chopped (tightly packed)(1 cup) - 28
Spread the stuffing all over leaving out the edges
- 29
Apply corn flour paste on the edges of the roti
whole wheat flour(2 cups)teaspoons corn flour(2) - 30
Fold the 2 opposite corners of the roti over the stuffing
teaspoons corn flour(2) - 31
Now fold the remaining 2 edges sealing the filling well
- 32
This will look like a folded envelope
- 33
Place the stuffed lifafa spinach paneer paratha over hot tawa, drizzle oil or ghee and cook on both sides until they turn brown on both sides
ghee(1 tablespoon)ghee - for cooking the parathaspaneer (homemade cottage cheese) - grated(250 grams)-/2 spinach leaves (palak) - finely chopped (tightly packed)(1 cup) - 34
Serve the Whole Wheat Spinach Paneer Lifafa Paratha immediately with some yogurt and pickle for breakfast or even a weeknight dinner
whole wheat flour(2 cups)paneer (homemade cottage cheese) - grated(250 grams)-/2 spinach leaves (palak) - finely chopped (tightly packed)(1 cup)
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