Pumpkin Paratha Recipe

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup grated red pumpkin (bhopla/ kaddu)
• 1/2 cup bajra (black millet) flour
• 1/2 cup jowar atta (jowar flour)
• 1/4 cup finely chopped mint leaves (phudina)
• 1 tsp ginger-green chilli paste
• salt (namak) to taste, restricted salt for health
• jowar atta (jowar flour) for rolling
• 2 tsp oil for cooking
• freshly ground black pepper (kalimirch) to taste

Steps

1. To make pumpkin paratha, combine all the ingredients in a deep bowl and knead into a soft dough without using water.
2. Divide the dough into 8 equal portions.
3. Roll a portion of the dough into a 125 mm. (5") diameter circle using a little jowar flour for rolling.
4. Heat a non-stick tava (griddle) and cook the paratha, using ¼ tsp oil, till it turns golden brown in colour from both the sides.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to make 7 more parathas.
6. Serve pumpkin paratha immediately.