Nutty Paratha is something I invented while thinking of how to feed my little one with nutritious food, considering the small portions that she has. She is a fussy eater and it’s tough to feed her. She likes chappati, so I thought of hiding some goodness or the other inside it and feed her. Nuts are good for health so I hid inside the conventional chappati roasted & chopped nuts and she fell for it. The secret was the slight sweetness imparted by the Roasted Sweet almonds, which gave it the taste of Puran poli (but less sweet)
The nuts I used were. (Please click on the link, to know more about the health benefits of the nuts.
Almonds , Cashewnuts , Pistachios
You can see that this Paratha is worthy of the royals…..
Whole wheat flour - 2 cups
Roasted sweet Almonds – 3 tbsp
Roasted Cashewnuts – 2 tbsp
Roasted Pistachios – 1 tbspSalt to taste
Water for the dough
Oil – 1 tbsp & for cooking the paratha
Method
Then cook the Nutty Parathas on a flat bottomed pan (tava) using a few drops of oil / ghee, till u see brown spots appear on both sides as in the picture. Serve the hot parathas with any sabji of your choice.
Sounds interesting.. Thanks for the awesome recipe !!
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