Today I am posting a recipe which qualifies for two blogging events I participate in, Srivalli's Blogging Marathon -10 and Radhika's Blog Hop Wednesdays.
For the Blogging Marathon, I have chosen to blog for the next week under the theme 'Deceptively Delicious for Kids'. This theme is very close to my heart as I have a bunch of picky eaters whose needs have to be catered to and I successfully 'deceive' them into eating healthy by sneaking in unsuspecting (read : healthy) ingredients in some form or another! Thanks to Amma for passing on her genes as also her very creative ideas!
Coming to the Blog Hopping, I was paired with Nayna of Simply.food. I chose to make these Palak Parathas to please all of them.
Check out what my fellow marathoners have cooked up here and check on the blog hoppers here.
Ingredients -
Wheat Flour 2 cups (I used Aashirwad Atta)
Palak / Spinach chopped 1 cup (or more as needed)
Salt as needed
Red Chilli Powder as needed
Cumin Powder as needed
Oil as needed to drizzle
Water to knead into a soft dough as needed
I did try out with more palak and the kids appreciated the deep color!
Method Of preparation -
Blanch the spinach in hot water and drain. Puree the spinach and set aside.
In a mixing bowl, add the wheat flour, salt, red chilli powder, cumin powder and mix well. To this mixture add the spinach puree and knead into a soft dough gradually adding as much water as is needed.
Rest the dough covered, for about 30 min.
Heat a tawa/griddle.
Pinch a lime size dough and roll it to make a small disc about 2 inches in diameter. [Optional - Drizzle a couple drops of oil and spread it evenly, sprinkle a pinch of dough on the oil - This tip is from a friend to get flaky layers]. Fold it to make a semi circle and fold it into another half to make a quarter of a circle essentially making a triangle.
Roll the the triangle shaped discs into thin circular or triangular shaped chapatis and gently place on the heated tawa.
After a few bubbles appear, flip the paratha and drizzle some oil while patting it with a clean kitchen towel or a flat ladle and let both the sides cook well. Remove from fire and store in a warmer box or hot box as it is called.
Repeat for the remaining dough and you might end up making about 9-10 parathas.
Serve hot with any gravy curry.
Sending these parathas to Srivalli's 'Kid's Delight - Deceptively Delicious' hosted by Pavani of Cooks Hideout.
Preparation Time 15-20 min
Makes 9-10 Parathas
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yummy paratha! If you can, please go throught the rules of my Healthy Lunch Challenge & link your post there too. Thanks!
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Very nice harini..I make it same way..
Very healthy and delicious looking parathas. Wonderfully prepared.
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parathas look healthy and delicious :)
They have come out soft.
Luckily my daughter loves green parathas and this one is her favorite.
healthy and nutritious :-)
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Thanks for sharing on the tip Harini. It will be really useful for me.
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healthy and delicious
yummy healthy parathas indeed.
healthy and best for kids
Perfectly done and very healthy !!
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good one !
very delicious paratha..looks yumm
Healthy and delicious parathas
Thank you for choosing this recipe from simply.food and trying it out. Parathas look delicious.
Healthy, delicious parathas!! :)
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Nice way of sneaking palak into kid's diet...
Paratha's look very tempting harini!! Nice idea to steal some greens into my kiddo's Diet!!!
Prefectly done, love the way u turned ur paratha without much greens,excellent..
very nice and healthy paratha....
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I add little garam masala for extra flavor :)
healthy n yummy paratha.
Yummy roti's..
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this looks so healthy and i did this for Bm for the first day too:-)
Peerfect! Look so delicious. Will try them on my brood. Thanks
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