Lachha paratha

Lachha paratha is a flat style indian bread/ roti and it will be very crisp. Do try this out.

Ingredients:

whole wheat flour/ Maida - 2 cups

Water to make dough 

Salt to taste  

Ghee / Oil  - 1/2 cup

Method:

1. Mix the flour and salt and knead into a soft dough with a little water at a time. Keep aside.

2. Mix 3 tbsps of ghee with 1 tbsp of flour and keep aside.

3. Divide the dough into small sized balls.

4. Take each ball and roll into a long, finger-thick noodle shape.

and spread like a thin finger shape like this one.

5. Coil this long finger strip into a spiral. 

6. Flour a rolling surface lightly and very gently roll out the spiral into a flat circle about 5" in diameter (1/3" thick).

7. Heat tava on a medium flame.

8. Place the paratha on the hot tava. Turn it after 1/2 minute and spread ghee on one side. Then flip it over again apply ghee/oil. Fry it till its crisp and golden brown.

  

9. The resulting paratha will be crisp and flaky!

10. Serve with Mutter Paneer.

Caramel Semiya payasam

One day i baked fruit cake. In that recipe, we caramelize sugar. That idea make me to try this semiya payasam.

Ingredients:

Semiya - 1 cup - roasted

Sugar - 3/4 cup

Milk - 2 cups

Chopped nuts, raisins - few

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Ghee - 2 tbsp

To caramelize:

Sugar - 1 tsp

Water - 1/4 cup

Method:

1. Heat kadai and add sugar. Sugar will start to turn browning i.e., caramelizing. Simmer the flame and add water. Remove as soon as possible.

2. Cool it.

3. In another kadai, add milk and bring it to nearly 1 1/4 cups.

4. Add semiya and make it to boil.

5. Add sugar, cardamom powder and caramelized sugar.

6. Now fry all the nuts in ghee and add it to the payasam.

7. Serve hot or cold.