Madurai Parota
October 26, 2010PAROTTA
Parotta is a common layered flat bread of South India. Parotta is usually available in Hotels and road side shops across Tamil Nadu.The most relishing parottas are the one that are deep fried. In Tamil Nadu, the parotta's available in madurai is more famous and i have tasted it couple of times and it is really nice.
The fluffy texture of the parotta is mainly from the way the dough is kneaded and rolled and made it into parotta. To get a really soft and fluffy parotta the process below must be followed as is with all the time that is needed for the dough to soften up, it is best tasting warm and also with a spicy side dish - Kurma. Adding a bit of Onion raita/Pachadi will help.
Especially in Madurai, you get many different types of parotta, like kothu parotta,veechu parotta(Thin layer of flatbread), Egg parotta, ceylon parotta. These different types of parotta are made from the base flat bread but with adding different textures and flavors that makes it really a tasty treat. Usually parotta are served for dinner but in madurai u can get it any time, it is so famous and people are fond of it!!!
The fluffy texture of the parotta is mainly from the way the dough is kneaded and rolled and made it into parotta. To get a really soft and fluffy parotta the process below must be followed as is with all the time that is needed for the dough to soften up, it is best tasting warm and also with a spicy side dish - Kurma. Adding a bit of Onion raita/Pachadi will help.
Especially in Madurai, you get many different types of parotta, like kothu parotta,veechu parotta(Thin layer of flatbread), Egg parotta, ceylon parotta. These different types of parotta are made from the base flat bread but with adding different textures and flavors that makes it really a tasty treat. Usually parotta are served for dinner but in madurai u can get it any time, it is so famous and people are fond of it!!!
Cuisine : Indian
Preparation Time : 2 hours
Cooking Time : 15 mins
Course : Main Course
Main Ingredient : Maida(All purpose flour)
Ingredients :
Maida (All purpose flour) - 4 cups Calories(1000)
Egg - 1 No. Cal(70)
Veg Oil - 6 Tbsp Cal(750)
Baking soda - 1 Tsp
Milk - 1/2 cup Cal(80)
Sugar - 1 Tsp
Salt to taste
Preparation :
- Now add the dry ingredients in a bowl. They are Maida, salt and baking soda.
- Sieve Maida(All purpose flour), salt, baking soda in the bowl. To avoid lumps while kneading.
- In another small bowl add egg and whisk, till you get the froth.
- Then to the egg you can add Oil and Milk.
- Now you can combine both dry and wet ingredient together. While adding you should be so careful so they don't form lumps.
- In parotta the main key is to knead the dough really well only then you can obtain the right texture in the parotta. Knead as long as the dough is soft and airy or knead for approximately 10 minutes.
- Apply oil all over the dough and keep it aside so the dough will not dry on the outside and the oil helps to keep the dough moist on the outside.
- Cover the ball of dough with a wet towel for about 2-3 hours.
- After around 3 hours you will see a raised dough.
- Make small balls from the raised dough depending on the size of the bread you need
- With rolling pin roll the ball in to thin Sheets.
- Hold in one corner and make pleats and roll it, the number of pleats will determine the number of layers and the softness of the bread
- roll the pleated dough like the below picture and keep it aside for 30 mins.
- Thats it, now you can roll the dough again with rolling pin to the desired size and place in the flat pan or an iron skillet.
- once the parotta starts to lightly brown on one side turn it over and let the other side cook and turn light brown. do no over cook, a few dark brown spots are ok
- It is ready to be served now, serve it when warm
Servings per Receipe : 6
Calorie per serving : 325
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