Chur chur paratha: Are you hearing this for the first time? If yes, then let us tell you, it's is a popular flatbread in North India, especially New Delhi. Though it doesn't require a side dish as it's made with a stuffing, you can enjoy this crispy and flaky paratha with buttery dal makhana, Punjabi chole or any other curry of your choice. Though this flatbread may appear difficult to make, chef Saransh Goila has shared an easy recipe to make chur chur paratha on Instagram. So, if you haven't tried it before, follow this recipe and make it once. You will surely fall in love with it.
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Ingredients:
1) Regular atta dough
2) Warm ghee (3 tablespoons)
3) Salt (1/4 tablespoons)
4) Kashmiri chilli powder (1/2 tablespoons)
5) Jeera powder (2 pinches)
6) Ajwain (2 pinches)
7) Kasuri methi powder (1/2 tablespoon)
8) Some Kalonji
How to make chur chur paratha?
1) Take regular atta (wheat flour) dough and flatten it nicely. Add some ghee and rub it. Now, add salt, jeera powder, ajwain, and kasuri methi one by one and spread them well.
2) Cut the flattened dough into thin strips. Stack the strips one above the other to make multiple layers. Roll it like a ball and flatten it as shown in the video. Spread some kalonji on it.
3) Cook the flatbread on a tawa with a tablespoon of ghee. Make sure it turns crispy and brown. Finally, place it into a paper and crush it.
4) Chur chur paratha is ready. You can serve it hot with dal, Shahi paneer, green chutney and chopped onions.
Here's the video:
Earlier, Saransh Goila had shared another flatbread recipe — it was his mother, Poonam Goila's bathua paratha. It's made from the green vegetable Chenopodium album, commonly known as bathua. In the video, we could see his mother rustling up the paratha with Saransh Goila assisting her. He also stated that he and his mother used to wait throughout the year to lay their hands on bathua, which is usually available in winter, to make delicious dishes out of it. Watch the video here.
So, head to the kitchen and try making these drool-worthy parathas. Serve them with any curry of your choice or just pickle.