Breakfast recipe: How to make Veg Cheese Paratha

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Parathas are a popular breakfast meal, especially in North India.

In order to ramp up their nutritional value, why not stuff savoury wheat parathas with vegetables and cheese for a tasty and filling meal.

Take a look at the recipe.

Veg Cheese Paratha

Ingredients

• 2 cups wheat flour
• 1 cup red and yellow bell peppers, chopped
• 1/2 cup cabbage, chopped
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 3 to 4 black olives, chopped
• 1/4 cup sweet corn kernels
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese, grated
• 1/4 cup coriander leaves, chopped
• 3 to 4 green chillies, chopped
• 1 tbsp pizza sauce (you can also mix tomato ketchup and schezwan sauce in equal quantity, ie 1/2 tbsp each)
• Butter for roasting the paratha
• 1 cup water
• 1 tbsp oil

Method

For filling

• Take a mixing bowl and add bell peppers, cabbage, onions, olives and corn kernels. Mix well.
• Add grated mozzarella and salt. Mix again.
• Add chopped coriander and mix once more. Keep aside.

For dough

• Take wheat flour, add some salt and knead into a soft and smooth dough by adding water as needed.
• Once the dough is kneaded, add oil and knead for two to three minutes more.
• Let it rest for five to six minutes.

For paratha

• Make small balls of the dough and roll them out into round chapatis.
• On one chapati, spread sauce spread all over. Carefully add the filling on half the side of the chapati.
• Fold the other half on the filled side. Seal the edges with a fork.
• Heat a flat bottomed pan. When hot, roast the filled paratha till both the sides are cooked.
• Add butter on both the sides and roast until they turn golden brown. Serve hot.

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