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Mughlai paratha is a popular street food found in Bangladesh that traces back to the Mughal Empire It's a crisp, flaky, pan-fried flatbread that's stuffed with fluffy eggs and fiery chiles, and gently spiced with earthy turmeric Paratha is extremely customizable, so you can use what you have; this version is vegetarian, but keema, a spiced ground meat mixture, is often added Traditionally, Mughlai Paratha has a stuffing of minced chicken or mutton, on which the layer of egg yolk is applied, and then deep-fried. However, it has also seen many changes over the years and today, several other variations of Mughlai Paratha are available. This paratha recipe clearly denotes the influence of Mughals on the Bengali cuisine.
Mughlai Paratha is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Mughlai Paratha is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mughlai paratha using 31 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mughlai Paratha:
- Get For making The Dough:
- Get 2 - cups Maida (all purpose flour)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp - Baking powder
- Prepare 1/4 tsp - Salt
- Make ready 1/2 tsp - Sugar
- Get 2 tbsp - Vegetable oil
- Take For Making Egg Paratha Stuffing:
- Prepare 3 - Eggs
- Take 1/2 cup - Finely chopped onions
- Take 1 tsp - Finely chopped green chillies
- Take 1 tbsp - Chopped coriander leaves (Cilantro leaves)
- Get 1/2 tsp - Chaat masala
- Prepare 1/4 tsp - Crushed black pepper
- Make ready 1/2 tsp - Black salt
- Prepare 1 tsp - Roasted cumin,coriander,dry chili powder
- Prepare Salt as per taste
- Prepare For Making Spicy Potato Curry (Aloor Torkari) :
- Take 3 Medium size (cut into small cube size) - Potatoes
- Take 1 tsp - Chopped garlic
- Make ready 1/2 tsp - Grated ginger
- Take 3-4 (or as required) - Green chillies
- Get 1/2 tsp - Turmeric powder
- Take 1/2 tsp - Red chili powder
- Take 1/2 tsp - Crushed black pepper
- Prepare 1 tsp - Dry roasted cumin,coriander,cloves,cardamom,cinnamon powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp - Black salt
- Get 1/2 tsp - Chaat masala
- Prepare Salt as per taste
- Get Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp (or as required)
- Take Others:
- Take Vegetable oil - 2 cups or as needed (for deep fry the paratha)
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Steps to make Mughlai Paratha:
- First take potatoes,peel it and cut into cube size and clean it well.Heat the oil in the pan.Put the flame on medium add the chopped onions saute it for 2 minutes,now add the potatoes and fry them along with the onions until it change its color.
- Now add grated ginger & crushed garlic and saute them until raw smells goes off.Add all powder spices like turmeric powder,red chili powder,dry roasted (cumin,coriander,cloves,cardamom,cinnamon) powder,black salt,chaat masala,salt,chopped green chillies,mix well and fry them for 2-3 minutes.
- Now add little lukewarm water into it and give a nice mix add cover the lid and cook it for 5 minutes.When the spices cooked well and oil turns out from masala, add 1/2 cup lukewarm water add salt if needed and cover the pan with lid.Turn the flame on low.Cook them well until potatoes turn into soft.
- When the potatoes will be nicely cooked and gravy becomes dry,sprinkle some chaat masala,dry roasted masala powder over it and mix it properly. - Turn off the heat now.Potato Curry is ready,Keep it aside.
- Now take a bowl,pour maida (all purpose flour) into it.Add salt,sugar,baking powder as mentioned it in above.Mix it well.Add oil into it and mix it well with help of your fingers until the mixture becomes crumbly.Now gradually add the water(better use lukewarm water) into it,knead it well and make a soft,stretchy dough from it.
- Sprinkle little oil over the dough & grease it well.Cover the dough with a damp cloth.And keep it aside for 20-30 minutes.
- Now for prepare the inner stuffing masala take a bowl,add eggs,chopped onions,green chillies,chopped coriander leaves,chaat masala,roasted spice powder,salt,crushed black pepper,black salt into it and beat it well all together.Keep it aside.
- Now take the dough and divide it into ball shape equal parts.Take a rolling board and a rolling pin and grease them with oil.Take a dough,roll it with the help of some oil.keep rolling out as thin as much possible and turn it into a big flatbread most likely square in shape.
- Now put the stuffing Masala in the middle of the flatbread & with a help of a spoon spread it evenly.Now fold two opposite sides towards middle of the flatbread and then in the same way fold the rest of the two sides.Fold it like envelopes.Press gently all the corners and closed it completely as no fillings are coming out.
- Now heat the oil in deep bottom fry pan.Transfer the flatbread into it.Put the oven flame on medium and deep fry it.Keep flipping the bread and cook each side evenly until paratha cooked properly.Fry it well until both sides turn into nice and golden brown in color.
- Once done, remove it from oil and place it on paper-lined plate.In the same process make all the flatbreads and fry them one by one.Now enjoy Mughlai parathas hot with spicy potato curry and salads.
Mughlai paratha recipe or egg mughlai paratha or bengali egg moglai porota is popular as Bangladeshi and Kolkata street food. Mughlai paratha is a Popular bengali street food also knowns as moglai porota is actually deep-fried indian bread stuffed with egg or keema. Mughlai Paratha is a tasty stuffed paratha that is very filling and can be served for breakfast or dinner. Recipe for Mughlai Paratha Ingredients For Dough. This Indian recipe is enjoyed throughout the country.
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