Tasty Dal Paratha- Breakfast Recipe

How do you define a healthy breakfast? Many of them hold an assumption that only vegetables and fruits are known to make a good and healthy breakfast. However, we need to rethink about this as even pulses and spices that we use for the cooking contains high amount of nutrition that are essential for our well-being. Consumption of nutritional breakfast every morning gives us the potential to work and keeps us active all day.

Dal Paratha recipe is a North Indian Vegetarian Recipe, mainly prepared in Gujarat households. This paratha is prepared using wheat flour, carom seeds, moong dal & jeera and are known to be beneficial for the body. Dal Paratha, is a rich-breakfast that is easy to prepare and can also be eaten for lunch. For people who are health-conscious need not hesitate to have this breakfast as it is prepared by using oil and ghee. It is not wrong to cheat on your diet once in a while to relish this rich-breakfast.

Servings : 2
Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Cooking Time : 15 minutes

Ingredients

• Wheat flour- 500 gms
• Ajwain or carom seeds- ½ tsp
• Moong dal- 100 gms
• Jeera- 1tsp
• Saunf- ½ tsp
• Red chilly- 1tsp
• Garam masala- ½ tsp
• Coriander- 4 (chopped)
• Coriander powder- ½ tsp
• Ghee- 150 gms
• Oil- 2tsp
• Salt- to taste

Procedure

1. Take a bowl and soak moong dal overnight.
2. Mix wheat flour with salt, moong dal, red chilly, garam masala, dhaniya, ajwain, kala jeera, saunf, oil and chopped coriander and blend well.
3. Prepare dough using the wheat flour and the ingredients by adding required quantity of water and make sure its soft.
5. Roll into paratha by greasing your hands with the ghee.
6. Shallow fry the paratha till crisp.

Your healthy breakfast is ready, serve it with vegetable curry or paneer butter masala.