Sattu Ka Paratha

I spent most of my early childhood in townships; as a result my friends went to the same school as me, lived in the same area and cherry on the cake, their parents worked in the same place as mine. In and all, I would end up meeting my classmates many times during the day. How I miss it. We would go to some place as a group….dads would cook and mothers would play housie and we kids would just have fun running around. I remember my father and others singing a Bhojpuri song, " Bola bola e chirayee tu kaa khaibu?" i.e tell o little sparrow what will you eat.  I would associate that song with sattu - it is made from black chana dal ( the one used for making chutneys) ,roasted over a low flame and then powdered.  Primarily Sattu is used to make litti- but as litti needs to be baked in an oven, parathas are the second favourite.

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Ingredients: 

• 1 cups sattu / black chana dal roasted and powdered
• 2 medium sized onion ( you can omit onion all together if you wish to)
• 2 or 3 green chillies chopped
• 2 or 3 cloves of garlic chopped
• 2 spoons of ginger paste
• 1 inch of ginger chopped
• 1 spoon of amchur powder / dried mango powder or 4 tablespoon of lemon juice
• 1  tablespoon coriander leaves/ cilantro finely chopped
•  1/4 spoon kalaunji
• 2 teaspoon of mustard oil ( you can replace with olive oil )
• 3 cups all purpose flour/ wheat flour
• Salt to taste
• Oil
• chopped cilantro/coriander leaves

 Method:

• Kneed the all purpose flour/ wheat flour with water a teaspoon of oil  and keep aside.
• Mix all the other ingredient except the oil, keep aside.
•  Make a tennis ball out of kneaded flour, pinch a hole and fill in the above mixture
• Roll slowly into a round chapati/ tortilla, do not roll it too thin, its ok if a little of the inside mixture come out of surface while rolling.
• On a heated pan/ tava, heat the paratha both side and only when it is done, sprinkle some oil on top and let it cook till you think its done, repeat with the other side.
• Serve hot with anything or nothing.

 

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You can also make the similar filling with ragi!
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