Name: Paneer Paratha / Stuffed Cheese Flatbread( Forota )
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 110 grams Cottage Cheese / Paneer; 100 grams Wheat Flour / Atta; 1 Unit Chopped Green Chilli/ Bareek Kati Hari Mirch; 1 tsp Chopped Green Coriander Leaves/ Kari Hari Dhaniya; 1/4 tsp Red Chilli Powder/ Lal Mirch Powder; as per required Salt / Namak; as per required Oil/ Butter/ Desi Ghee; 1 inch Butter / Makkhan

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Paneer Paratha / Stuffed Cheese Flatbread( Forota )

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Paneer Paratha / Stuffed Cheese Flatbread( Forota )

Paneer Paratha / Stuffed Cheese Flatbread is very delicious to eat. It contain lot of nutritional value. This paratha can be eaten either with green chutney/ sauce or with cord and raita. Today we will see how to make Paneer Paratha / Stuffed Cheese Flatbread, to make this paratha follow step by step…

Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Dinner, Indian, Lunch, Main Course, Main Dish, Salad, Side Dish, Snack, Snacks, Starter

Cuisine American, Breakfast, Chinese, French, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Main, Mediterranean, Mexican

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 5 people

Calories 94kcal

Cost 50 rupee

Equipment

Griddle/ Tawa
Grater/ Kaddukas
Rolling Board/ Chakla
Rolling Pin/ Belan
Plate
Spoon
Spatula
Tongs/ Chimta

Ingredients

110 grams Cottage Cheese / Paneer
100 grams Wheat Flour / Atta
1 Unit Chopped Green Chilli/ Bareek Kati Hari Mirch
1 tsp Chopped Green Coriander Leaves/ Kari Hari Dhaniya
1/4 tsp Red Chilli Powder/ Lal Mirch Powder
as per required Salt / Namak
as per required Oil/ Butter/ Desi Ghee
1 inch Butter / Makkhan

Instructions

Take 150 grams of cottage cheese/ paneer.
Grate cottage cheese/ paneer with the grater.
Sprinkle 1/4 tsp of red chilli powder in the cheese, if you don't eat red chilli powder, then skip this step.
Add salt as required for cheese. Don't add more salt.
Add chopped green chilli in the cottage cheese. Green chilli should be cut in very small pieces.
Add finely chopped green coriander leaves.
Mix all the spices well with cheese.
Take 100 grams or one cup of wheat flour in a vessel.
Add 2 tsp of oil or desi ghee and 1/4 tsp of salt.
Properly mix oil and salt in the flour. There should not be any lumps in the wheat flour.
Take adequate amount of water to kneed the dough.
Kneed the dough at least for 5 to 7 minutes, dough should not be tight.
For making paneer/ cheese stuffed paratha, we should take care that the consistency of dough should match with the consistency of stuffings.
Dough should be soft. Make some holes in the dough and sprinkle some water in it, by this way dough will become vey soft and paratha will be soft.
Cover the dough with lid and let is rest for some time or for 5 minutes.
After 5 minute open the lid.
Kneed the dough again for one minute and settle the dough.
Place griddle/ tawa on the gas, gas flame should be high.
Take dough, cheese stuffing, flour dust and oil to make the paneer stuffed paratha.
Take 44 grams of dough. Round the dough.
Wrap the dough with the flour dust.
Roll out the dough about 4 inch of diameter.
Put paneer/ cheese stuffing on the bread, put approximately 2 tsp of paneer/ cheese stuffing.
Make stuffed balls by pressing the corners of the bread, so that the stuffings are properly filled inside.
Properly press the edges.
Make the ball of dough with light hand.
Wrap the stuffed ball with flour dust.
Roll out flatbread/ paratha with rolling pin on the rolling board. Diameter of flatbread/ paratha should be around 5.5 inch.
Take care to roll the paratha with light pressure by rolling pin so that the stuffings do not come out.
Griddle should be hot by this time. Now put the flatbread/ paratha on the griddle.
Flip the side of flatbread/ paratha after 30 seconds with the help of tongs.
Take one teaspoon of oil/ desi ghee or butter and spread on the flatbread/ paratha.
Change the side of flatbread/ paratha again.
Apply the oil/ desi ghee or butter and apply on the flatbread/ paratha.
Properly fry the flatbread/ paratha.
Cook flatbread/ paratha on both the sides.
Now flatbread/ paratha is ready, You can serve it with green chutney or curd and pickle.
Apply little butter on the stuffed paratha and enjoy it.