Rajgira Palak Paratha Recipe (Spinach Amaranth Paratha)

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup rajgira (amaranth) flour
• 1 cup thinly shredded spinach (palak)
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour (gehun ka atta)
• 2 tsp sesame seeds (til)
• 1 tsp finely chopped green chillies
• a pinch of haldi powder (turmeric powder)
• a pinch of asafoetida (hing)
• salt (namak) to taste
• 1/4 tsp oil for kneading
• whole wheat flour (gehun ka atta) for rolling
• 1 1/4 tsp ghee for cooking

Steps

1. To make rajgira palak paratha recipe, combine all the ingredients in a deep bowl and knead into a stiff dough using ¼ cup of water.
2. Divide the dough into 5 equal portions.
3. Roll out each portion of the dough between the plastic sheet into a 5 inch diameter thick paratha using little wheat flour for rolling.
4. Heat a non stick tava and cook each paratha on a medium flame using ¼ tsp oil on both the sides until light golden brown in colour.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to make 4 more parathas.
6. Serve rajgira palak paratha hot with curd or with a cup of green tea.