Broccoli Cheese Paratha

Today I am sharing a healthy and yummy recipe of Broccoli paratha. One of the best way to hide nutrition in regular food as it’s hard to let kids and even elders eat it easily.

I would say I was not sure how broccoli paratha would taste but we all loved it. Even the one who says no to broccoli had three parathas. So before I share recipe let me share some details and benefits about this super food.

Broccoli is an edible green plant in the cabbage family (family Brassicaceae, genus Brassica) whose large flowering head and stalk is eaten as a vegetable . Broccoli is a great source of vitamins K and C, a good source of folate (folic acid) and also provides potassium & fiber.

There are many ways to cook and eat broccoli. You can have it raw, steamed, stir fried, baked and roasted. Here we are making broccoli Indian style .

Ingredients for filling

1 big Broccoli
One medium sized onion ( finely chopped)
One tablespoon butter
One tablespoon olive oil ( cooking parathas need oil separately you can use normal oil if you don’t have olive oil)
Salt as per taste
Red chili powder 1 tsp ( or more as per you liking)
Black pepper powder 1 tsp
Coriander powder 1 tsp
Mozzarella cheese ¼ cup ( optional)

Ingredients for Dough

Two cups whole-wheat flour
Salt as per taste or 1 tsp
Water for kneading
Oil for cooking parathas

Process
First we will prepare our dough and keep it aside for rest.
• Take two cups whole-wheat flour in a big bowl and add salt
• Now you can add water slowly and start kneading until you form sold dough
• Apply some oil so that it doesn’t dry and keep it covered for rest

Filling
• Now we will grate our washed and dried broccoli with the help of grater
• Add some oil and butter in kadai and heat it
• Add chopped onions in the kadai and cook properly until it turns transparent
• Add Grated broccoli and all spices in kadai stir continuously
• Turn off the gas when broccoli turns soft
• Let the mix cool down
• You can add grated mozzarella cheese to the filling, this is completely optional

Parathas
• Take your dough and knead again for few seconds and take a small ball of it.
• Roll it in small puri and add 2-3 spoons of the broccoli filling
• Closed the puri nicely with the stuffing inside
• Roll it again with help of some flour into bigger round
• Now heat your tawa and once it’s hot put the paratha on it
• Cook the paratha applying oil/ghee/butter till it’s little crispy
• Serve hot with achaar & curd