SWEET POTATO PARATHAS (Salty & Sweet varieties)

Healthy sweet potato makes yummy stuffed parathas. Try this easy-to-make, nutritious parathas. They can be salty or sweet.

Note : Sweet potatoes taste almost like potatoes with a slight sweetness. In India that is! I tried sweet potato parathas for my grand kids in the US and I have to admit it was a total flop - the sweet potatoes there had a fascinating orange color on the inside. Later someone told me that was called 'yam'!

sweet potato in the US

 When I cooked it and mashed it, I realized that it was not crumbly and dry but gooey and sticky. Not wanting to give up easily, I tried spreading the pasty stuffing on one thinly rolled chapathi and covered it up with another similar one and made the paratha but it was a flop! So all of you out there in the US, you have been warned!

Salty sweet-potato paratha

Makes 4 parathas

Ingredients

1. Sweet potato – 125 - 150 gms
2. Green chilli – 1-2 (finely chopped)
3. Coriander leaves (finely chopped) – 2 tbsp
4. Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
5. Red chilli powder – ¼ tsp
6. Coriander powder – 1 tsp
7. Cumin powder – ½ tsp
8. Whole wheat flour – 1-1 ¼ cup
9. Oil – 2 tsp
10. Salt to taste
11. Butter / ghee / oil for making the parathas

Method

1. Wash the sweet potato well and cut into two pieces.
2. Boil it till it is cooked.
3. Drain off the water, allow to cool and peel it.
4. Mash it well.
5. Add whole wheat flour and the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
6. Sprinkle water little by little and make a soft and stiff dough.
7. Set aside for at least 30 minutes.
8. Make 4 big lemon sized balls.
9. Dust each ball in wheat flour and roll into parathas.
10. Heat a tava / pan and put the stuffed paratha on it. Keep it on medium flame.
11. Flip it after a minute.
12. Flip it again after a minute and add ghee / butter / oil all over the paratha.
13. Turn it again and spread ghee on this side too.
14. Remove from tava when both sides are golden brown.
15. Serve hot with butter / ketchup / curd.

Sweet paratha

            

                                                             
Makes 4 parathas

Ingredients

1. Sweet potato - 125-150 gms
2. Jaggery - 3-5 tsp (as per taste)
3. Whole wheat flour - 1 1/4 cup
4. Salt - a pinch
5. Oil - 2 tsp
6. Water
7. Ghee / butter to make parathas

Method

1. Wash the sweet potatoes and boil with jaggery till cooked.
2. Cool, peel and mash them. Make 4 balls.
3. Mix whole wheat flour, oil, salt and required water to make a soft, firm dough and set aside for at least 20 minutes.
4. Roll one dough ball into a small thick circle of about 3” diameter.
5. Place a ball of the stuffing in the centre and fold in from all the sides so that the stuffing is fully covered.
6. Dust it with flour and roll it into a paratha carefully so that the stuffing does not spill out.
7. Heat a tava / pan and put the stuffed paratha on it.
8. Flip it after a minute.
9. Flip it again after a minute and add ghee (or oil) all over the paratha.
10. Turn it again and spread ghee on this side too.
11. Remove from tava when both sides have golden brown spots.
12. Serve hot with a dollop of white butter if you wish!

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