Chilli parotta

Chilli parotta is one of the famous dish in Tamilnadu. There are many type of parotta available here veechu parotta,kothu parotta,stuffed parotta,egg parotta etc. Soon I'll share all those recipes here.

If you have parotta readily in your hands and this dish can be done within minutes. Chilli parotta is a spicy version and I love it so much.

Hope you'll love it and give it a try also don't forget to share your experience with me.

Preparation time:5minutes
Cooking time:10minutes
Serves:2

Ingredients:

• Parotta 2
• Onion 1
• Tomato 1
• Green chilli 1
• Ginger 1teaspoon finely chopped
• Red chilli powder 1teaspoon
• Garam masala 1teaspoon
• Salt to taste

To temper:

• Oil 1 tablespoon
• Cinnamon 1inch piece
• Clove 1
• Curry leaves 1spring

Method:
Heat oil in a pan. Add in ingredients given in "To temper".
Add in ginger and green chilli and saute it till it leave its raw smell.
Now add in onion and saute it till it turns translucent. Add in tomato and cook it till mushy.
Add in spice powders and give a good mix.
Cut parotta into small pieces and add it to masala and toss it well.
Now cook this in high flame for few minutes but be careful don't burnt it.
Tasty spicy Chilli parotta ready

Stepwise pictures:

Heat oil in a pan or kadai.

Add in cinnamon,clove.

Add in curry leaves let them splutter.

Add in ginger.

Add in green chilli.

Now add in onion and saute it till it turns translucent.

Add in tomato and saute it till it turns mushy.

Add in spice powders and salt,give a good mix.

Add in roughly chopped parotta and toss it well.

Toss it well till everything gets mixed well.

Spicy Chilli parotta ready!!!

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Hope you'll love it and give it a try also don't forget to share your experience with me. Feel free to comment.

Preparation time:5minutes
Cooking time:10minutes
Serves:2

Ingredients:

• Ragi flour 1cup
• Grated coconut as needed
• Organic powdered jaggery as needed
• Salt to taste
• Water around 1/4cup(should be warm)

Method:
In a mixing bowl,add in a cup of roasted ragi flour,salt and mix it well. Add in warm water little by little and mix it well. The flour should be like wet and breadcrumbs. When you hold it in palm and give little pressure it should a shape and when you crumble it should again become like wet breadcrumbs. Check pictures below for of you need more clarification. Take puttu maker and place the perforated disc in it and start to fill ragi flour mix,grated coconut,organic powdered jaggery alternatively till it reaches the rim. Boil water in puttu maker pot and when it reaches rolling boil place the puttu maker over it and close its lid. Within few minutes you could see the steam comes from the lid's hole this is how you could know whether it gets cooked. Serve it along bananas.

Stepwise pictures:

In a mixing bowl,add in roasted ragi flour.

Add in salt to taste and mix it well.

Add in warm water little by little and mix it well. It resembles wet breadcrumbs.

When you hold it in palm and give little pressure it should a shape and when you crumble it should again become like wet breadcrumbs.

Take puttu maker(typical puttu kuzhal)

Place perforated disc to it.

Spoon ragi flour mixture.

Spoon grated coconut.

Spoon organic powdered jaggery. Repeat this alternatively.

Fill this till it reaches rim.

Boil water in puttu maker pot.

Once it reaches rolling boil place the puttu maker over the pot and close the lid.

Within few minutes,you can see the steam comes from the lid's hole. This is how you could know whether it gets cooked.

Using back of ladle push the perforated disc out.

Serve with banana. I served with dry fruits for my daughter.

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I had done this without peeling potatoes skin,you can also peel its skin and use it. I think skin of potatoes might give more taste but make sure you wash it well before cooking.

Hope you'll love it and give it a try also don't forget to share your experience with me. Feel free to comment.

Preparation time:10minutes
Cooking time:15minutes
Serves:3

Ingredients:

• Potatoes 4big chopped
• Oil 3tablespoon
• Garlic2-3crushed clove
• Chilli powder 1.5 tablespoon or adjust to your taste buds
• Asafoetida/hing 1/2teaspoon
• Salt to taste

Method:

Take chopped potatoes in a bowl and add in salt and asafoetida. Mix it well and set aside.
Heat oil in a kadai,squeeze potatoes and add in the hot oil and mix it well.
Add in chilli powder and give a good stir and cover the lid. Stir it every now and then so you can avoid burning and cover the lid. Cook till potatoes gets cooked enough.
Serve with rice and any of your favourite gravy.

Stepwise pictures:

Take chopped potatoes in a bowl.

Add in salt.

Add in asafoetida.

Mix it well and set aside for few minutes.

Heat oil in a kadai.

Squeeze the potatoes and add in hot oil.

See how much water it ooze out. Discard it.

Add in crushed garlic.

Add in chilli powder.

Saute it for even mixing.

Cover the lid and cook till potatoes becomes tender soft. Stir it every now and then to avoid burning.

Potato fry ready. Serve with rice and any of your favourite gravy.

Notes:

Adding salt and hing before cooking is just a trick to get potatoes cooked well with less oil.

Stay tuned for upcoming recipes. Bye bye.

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