Yesterday when I was looking for cilantro, I realized there was spinach in the fridge. Today afternoon, I was all up for making the best of weekend, to make rotis. That spinach image from yesterday subconsciously got married with roti and I said
"We are having palak paratha for dinner".
I have never had it before. Getting a general idea from the recipe, I sauteed the spinach. It finally ended up with so much water, that I didn't have to add any extra. In fact, I kept adding dough to get it to a thicker consistency. While rolling out the parathas, I was amazed at how thin they would roll out and match the pan size. It reminded me of all the gimmicks we used as kids to make soft rotis. Hot water, oil. Like true North Indian style, we had them with thick curds.
The spinach worked into the dough consistently. It was funny in the beginning, a mush feel when my hands encountered soft spinach during the dough preparation.
I am reminded of onion paratha, I used to have 10 years ago (bought from a home kitchen) when I had no kitchen and stayed as a paying guest. Bread and Kissan jam were the go tos.
"We are having palak paratha for dinner".
I have never had it before. Getting a general idea from the recipe, I sauteed the spinach. It finally ended up with so much water, that I didn't have to add any extra. In fact, I kept adding dough to get it to a thicker consistency. While rolling out the parathas, I was amazed at how thin they would roll out and match the pan size. It reminded me of all the gimmicks we used as kids to make soft rotis. Hot water, oil. Like true North Indian style, we had them with thick curds.
The spinach worked into the dough consistently. It was funny in the beginning, a mush feel when my hands encountered soft spinach during the dough preparation.
I am reminded of onion paratha, I used to have 10 years ago (bought from a home kitchen) when I had no kitchen and stayed as a paying guest. Bread and Kissan jam were the go tos.
