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Spicy Rajma Parathas

A Pakistani bread of kidney beans, green chilies and pomegranate seeds, with a kick of chilli.

50 min · Serves 10 · Medium

Serves
10

Ingredients

Time
Prep 20 min · Cook 30 min · 50 min total
Difficulty
medium
  1. 1

    Mix all the ingredients except oil and knead well into a soft dough. Leave dough covered with a moist cloth for 15 minutes.

    15 min
  2. 2

    Divide into eight to ten equal portions, form them into balls (pedas). Roll out each portion into five to six inches sized discs.

  3. 3

    Heat a griddle. Put a parantha and cook on one side on medium heat followed by the other side.

  4. 4

    Increase heat, apply one teaspoon of oil to the first cooked side and cook again pressing it with a spoon to give good colour and make it crisp.

  5. 5

    Can be done the same way on the other side, without it too the paranthas are ready to be served.

  6. 6

    Serve hot with fresh skimmed milk yogurt, chutneys, mint chutney or pickles.

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