Bottle gourd Lachha Paratha: You must have eaten a lot of Lachha Paratha, but have you eaten your bottle gourd Lachha Paratha? It tastes amazing. Chef Bharat Wadhwa has shared a video on his YouTube telling how to make bottle gourd lachha paratha recipe?
Ingredients for Bottle Gourd Paratha
Ingredients for the dough: 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon chili flakes, half teaspoon celery, 1 teaspoon kasoori methi, water, desi ghee.
Ingredients for masala: Bottle gourd, 2 onions, 6 green chillies, half teaspoon turmeric powder, one teaspoon red chilli powder, half teaspoon roasted cumin powder, 1 teaspoon coriander powder, half teaspoon garam masala, half teaspoon celery, half teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon dry mango powder, 1 inch ginger, freshly chopped coriander leaves, 1 tablespoon raw mustard oil, 2 tablespoons gram flour.
How to make bottle gourd lachha paratha?
Step 1: To make bottle gourd lachha paratha, first peel the bottle gourd and grate it. Now add some salt to the grated bottle gourd and put it in a cotton cloth and squeeze it so that the water drains out thoroughly.
Step 2: Now to knead the dough, mix 2 cups of flour with a little salt, chili flakes, celery, Kasuri Methi and mix well. Now knead the dough, once the dough is kneaded, apply ghee to it and leave it to set for twenty minutes.
Third Step: Now prepare the bottle gourd masala. In the squeezed bottle gourd, add coarsely chopped onion, green chillies, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, roasted cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala, celery, salt, dry mango powder, grated ginger, freshly chopped coriander leaves, 1 tablespoon raw mustard oil, 2 tablespoons gram flour and mix well.
Fourth Step: Now take a ball of dough and roll it like a roti and apply ghee on it. Now spread the bottle gourd stuffing well. After that fold the roti. Make sure to fold it well by pressing it from the centre. After that, cut it in the middle and roll it like lachcha paratha and roll it again with light hands. Now apply ghee on medium to low flame and cook this paratha well. Press it well so that it gets cooked from inside. In this way your bottle gourd paratha is ready.