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Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
From: swells@unm.edu
Subject: Eggplant-Stuffed Parathas
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 1995 04:16:42 GMT
Message-ID: <3ua3ra$ep0_004@woodhead.cts.com>
Eggplant Stuffed Parathas
Serves 4 (for a light lunch)
Filling:
1 daikon (white) radish
eggplant - 3 bhima (asian) or one western, sliced into 1/2"
3 roma tomatoes or 1 large reg. tomato, sliced into 1/2" pieces.
1 tsp cumin or mustard seed
4 dried red chilies
salt to taste
2 cloves garlic or to taste (opt.)
AND/OR
1 small onion, diced
1 Tbs chana dal (split yellow gram, a kind of bean, also available at
Indian groceries, or try a general Asian grocery)
Dough:
2 c. chapati flour (a mixture of enriched wheat + malted barley flour,
a available at any indian grocery - you CAN use regular whole wheat
flour though.)
water
salt to taste
oil for cooking (about 1 Tbs for the filling, 1 Tbs for cooking
the parathas)
Grate daikon. Salt well and let drain in sink.
Meanwhile, make the chapati dough: add water gradually to the flour until
it makes a firm cohesive dough. Knead until it is no longer
sticky and retains its shape. Set aside in a bowl and cover
with a damp towel.
Meanwhile, heat oil in heavy large frying pan and add mustard or
cumin seed. When mustard starts sputtering or cumin starts to turn brown,
add chilies and garlic or onion + chana dal. Let this fry for about
5 minutes. When dal and seeds are golden brown, add eggplant and stir
fry just until eggplant starts to get soft. Remove from pan and chop
mixture with tomato into small pieces, using knife or food processor
(pulse a few times).
Return to chapati dough and pull it in half. make small balls
about 2" in diameter out of one half. Heat oil again in large
pan. Roll out one ball of dough on floured board to about 1/8" thick
(it should be about 6" across, or a handspan). Put some of the eggplant
filling on it, leaving space at the edges. Squeeze as much water out of
the daikon as you can, take a little bit and top the paratha with the
daikon.
Now roll out another ball of dough to the same size as the previous and
place on top of the other. Roll the bottom edge over the top edge and
press down to seal (you can use a few drops of water to help it seal
better, but it's not essential). Then put in the heated pan and fry on
both sides until brown. Repeat with the rest of dough and filling.
Eat 'em up.
They go well with plain yogurt as a dressing.
They also reheat very well either in a toaster oven or microwave.
Another hint is to make sure you taste the chapati dough, as it is
really easy to not add enough salt. If the dough is too bland it
doesn't taste as good.
Also I've found that for American tastes, leave the garlic in there.