Friday, May 1, 2009

Chilli Parathas

When I was pregnant I craved for lot of Indian fastfood dishes. One such dish was chilli parathas. I tried them with the frozen parathas and it turned out to be too good. You can try it too!

Cook Time - 30 Minutes
Level - Easy
Serves - 2-3

Ingredients

  • 1 Medium sized onion cut lengthwise
  • 4-5 Green chillies cut lengthwise(depending on how hot you want the dish to be)
  • 6 Frozen plain parathas
  • 2 tomatoes diced
  • 1 bell pepper cut lenghtwise
  • 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1 teaspoon garam masala
  • 1 teaspoon corriander powder
  • 1 teaspoon funnel seeds
  • 1 tablespoon minced ginger
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • Corriander leaves to garnish

Directions

Heat the oil in a wok and add fennel seeds, green chillies, ginger garlic and turmeric powder. Let these sizzle for a few minutes. Now toss in the onion and pepper and stir-fry for 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and continue to stir until the tomatoes soften. Add garam masala, salt and corriander powder and keep stirring.

Meanwhile, make the parathas as per the instructions given on the packet. Cut the parathas into thin strips and shallow fry it in oil. Now add the paratha strips to the wok. Toss everything together. Garnish it with corriander leaves and serve hot.

Chilli parathas can be served with any raitha.

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