Paneer Paratha Recipe with step by step photo - Paneer paratha is a healthy and tempting shallow fried Indian bread stuffed with grated paneer and spice mixture.

Paneer Paratha Recipe with step by step photo - Paneer Paratha is a healthy and tempting shallow fried Indian bread stuffed with grated paneer and spice mixture. This is a good breakfast option. Paneer is also known as cottage cheese/Indian cheese is used in a variety of dishes. For the Paneer Paratha, Paneer can be grated or crumbled and combined with a blend of spices, making it an ideal stuffing for the paratha. It is always better to use homemade paneer and use it for any paneer dishes. So that paneer retains its freshness and softness while cooking. In this paneer paratha I have used homemade paneer. Paneer Paratha can be served by itself or goes well with pickles, curd, tamarind chutney or coriander chutney.

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes
Cooking Time: 20 Minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients:
For Dough:

• Whole wheat flour - 2 cups
• Water - 2/3 cup or as required
• Salt - to taste
• Ghee or oil - 2 tsp

For Stuffing:

• Paneer/Cottage cheese (grated or crumbled) - 200 grams
• Green chilies (finely chopped) - 2
• Ginger (grated) - 1 inch
• Coriander leaves (finely chopped) - one tbsp
• Coriander powder - 1 tsp
• Red chili powder - 1/4 tsp
• Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
• Dry mango powder/amchur powder - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - to taste

Other ingredients:

• Oil or ghee - for shallow fry
• Whole wheat flour - for rolling

Method:
For Dough:
1. In a wide bowl combine the whole wheat flour, ghee and salt. Mix it well. Add enough water and knead to make soft and smooth dough.

2. Grease your hand with a tbsp of oil or ghee and knead the dough well. Cover with damp cloth. Keep aside for 15 minutes.

For Stuffing:
1. While the dough is resting, prepare the stuffing.

2. In a bowl take grated paneer. Add chopped green chilies, grated ginger, garam masala powder, dry mango powder, red chilies powder, coriander powder, salt and chopped coriander leaves.

3. Mix everything well, so that all spice powders uniformly mixed with the grated paneer. Paneer filling is ready.

How to Proceed for Paratha:
1. Divide the dough into 8 equal parts and make balls out of it.

2. Take one ball and dust with little dry whole wheat flour and flatten it by pressing in the middle. Place one portion of paneer stuffing in the centre of the circle.

3. Bring together all the sides in the centre and seal tightly so that paneer stuffing does not come out.

4. Flatten the ball, sprinkle little dry flour and roll with a rolling pin to approximately six-inch in diameter circle.

5. Heat a tawa (griddle) on medium flame, place paratha on it and cook for 2 minutes. Turn it and grease ghee on it and shallow fry. Turn it and again grease ghee on other side. Cook on low heat till golden brown on both sides. Remove from tawa.

6. Repeat this process with the remaining dough and stuffing to make parathas.

7. Serve paneer paratha hot with curd, pickle, tamarind chutney or cilantro chutney.


Paneer Paratha Recipe with step by step photo:

1. In a wide bowl combine the whole wheat flour, ghee and salt. Mix it well.

2. Add enough water and knead to make soft and smooth dough. Cover with damp cloth. Keep aside for 15 minutes.

3. In a bowl take grated paneer. 

4. Add chopped green chilies, grated ginger, garam masala powder, dry mango powder, red chilies powder, coriander powder and salt.

5. Add chopped coriander leaves.

6. Mix everything well, so that all spice powders uniformly mixed with the grated paneer. Paneer filling is ready.

7. Divide the dough into 8 equal parts and make balls out of it. Take one ball and dust with little dry whole wheat flour.

8. Flatten it by pressing in the middle.

9. Place one portion of paneer stuffing in the centre of the circle.

10. Bring together all the sides in the centre and seal tightly so that paneer stuffing does not come out.

11. Flatten the ball, sprinkle little dry flour and roll with a rolling pin. 

12. To approximately six-inch in diameter circle.

13. Heat a tawa (griddle) on medium flame, place paratha on it and cook for 2 minutes. 

14. Turn it and grease ghee on it and shallow fry.

15. Turn it and again grease ghee on other side. Cook on low heat till golden brown on both sides. 

16. Remove from tawa. 

17. Serve hot with curd, pickle, tamarind chutney or cilantro chutney.