Bottle Gourd Paratha

Ingredients

• • Whole wheat flour - 2 cups
• • Bottle gourds (grated) - 1 cup
• • Green chillies - 2
• • Ajwain/Omams - 1 teaspoon
• • Red chillies - ½ teaspoon
• • Cumin powder - ¼ teaspoon
• • Yogurt - 1 tablespoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Coriander leaves (chopped) - a few
• • Oil - 1 tablespoon

Method

• 1. Wash and peel the bottle gourd and grate it and keep it aside.
• 2. We don't need to squeeze out the water as we need the water for kneading the dough.
• 3. In a mixing bowl, add wheat flour followed by red chilly powder, cumin powder, ajwain and salt and mix well.
• 4. Now, add the grated bottle gourd to the mixing bowl and knead well to make a soft dough.
• 5. Finally add yogurt and chopped coriander leaves and knead it to a smooth dough.
• 6. Roll out in the form of paratha.
• 7. Toast it on a tawa till the roti becomes golden brown in both sides.