Aloo Paratha is an Indian flatbread stuffed with spicy potato filling. Aloo ka paratha is not a meal, its an emotion! You can make soft and fluffy stuffed aloo paratha or a crispy paratha with potato stuffing. Serve it with yogurt or pickle or both a dollop of butter add extra deliciousness.
What is Aloo Paratha
Indian Aloo paratha is a stuffed potato bread made with a spicy stuffing of potatoes and onion. We simply love aloo paratha and enjoy it for Breakfast, lunch or dinner. Topped with melted butter it is a delicious and filling North Indian breakfast. This is definitely one of most popular Indian Paratha recipe.
Many people know it by different names, Alu paratha, Aloo paratha, Aalu ka paratha, Potato stuffed paratha, Stuffed Potato flatbread all of these are same.
My aloo paratha recipe is basic and simple like it is made in most Punjabi homes in India. I mix boiled and mashed potatoes with spices, fresh herb like coriander and sometimes chopped onions. Often times I skip onions and make aloo paratha without onions.
After that stuff this aloo stuffing in prepared whole wheat dough and roll it out. Then aloo paratha is cooked to golden perfection and enjoyed with butter, dahi and pickle.
This Stuffed Potato Paratha Is
- Punjabi Style Aloo paratha with Potato and onion filling.
- Wholesome and satisfying North Indian Breakfast, lunch or dinner.
- You can make it vegan by replacing ghee with oil.
Ingredients For Making Aloo Ka Paratha
- For Making Dough: Whole Wheat Flour, All purpose Flour, oil, water
- For Stuffing: Boiled and peeled potatoes, chopped onions, Anardana Powder, Red Chili Powder, Coriander Leaves, Salt, Ajwain (carrom seeds)
- For Cooking: ghee or oil
How to Make Aloo Paratha?
The recipe of aloo ka paratha that I am sharing today is how it is made in Punjabi homes. I have learned the tips and tricks for making best paratha from my mother and make it in the traditional way.
The stuffing I use to make aloo paratha is of mashed potatoes, chopped red onions, green chilies, herbs and very few spices along with some chopped coriander leaves.
Aloo Paratha Recipe Step by Step Pictures
First take 2 cups of whole wheat flour in a mixing bowl, add half a cup of maida and add salt to taste in it.
Pour a tablespoon of oil and mix the oil until it achieves breadcrumbs like consistency. Add water to make a soft and pliable dough.
Knead the dough well with the palm of your hand and let it rest for 30 mins.
Now, divide the dough into equal parts and roll them like this.
Keep it aside, now prepare the stuffing. For the stuffing, take a bowl to add boiled potatoes, freshly chopped onions and ginger in it. After that add ajwain, dry pomegranate, salt, red chili powder, coriander leaves and mix well.
After that, roll the dough in the palm of your hands to make round balls and add stuffing inside it. Lift the edges one by one and bring back to the center so as to make a roundish ball once again
Now dust this stuffed ball again with some flour and with gentle movement roll it out once again to about 6-7 inch diameter circle. Place the paratha over a griddle or tawa.
Smear it with the small quantity of ghee and cook the paratha and serve hot.
Video Recipe
Recipe Notes & Tips
- If the stuffing of the paratha contains moisture and is watery then the stuffing will spill out from the paratha.
- Make sure to add salt just before making paratha because salt tends to make filling watery.
- The key to making flawless, tastier and soft Aloo Paratha is mashing the potatoes well. You can use a masher or grater to mash the potatoes.
- Most commonly used ingredients to make spiced potato filling other than boiled potatoes are green chillies, coriander leaves, red chilli powder, pomegranate seeds along with a little carom seeds,
- Knead the dough for good 5-6 minutes for making soft parathas.
- Calories mentioned are without butter topping
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Aloo Paratha Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 Boiled Potatoes
- 2 cup Whole Wheat Flour
- ½ cup All purpose Flour
- 2 teaspoon Ghee
- ¼ Onion Chopped
- 1 teaspoon Anardana Powder
- 1 teaspoon Red Chili Powder
- Coriander Leaves
- Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon Ajwain
- Water
Instructions
(How To Make A Soft Dough)
- Take 2 cups of whole wheat flour in a mixing bowl, add half a cup of maida and add salt to taste in it.
- Pour a tablespoon of oil and mix the oil until it achieves breadcrumbs like consistency.
- Add water to make a soft and pliable dough. Knead the dough with the palm of your hand for 2-3 minutes as that not only helps to release the glutton but makes a soft dough.
- Keep kneading the dough for 6-7 minutes before rolling it for paratha.
- The dough’s texture needs to be really elastic otherwise the parathas won’t be soft.
(For Stuffing)
- Now, take a bowl for the stuffing of the aloo paratha.
- Add boiled potatoes in them. Mash them well.
- After that add freshly chopped onions, ajwain, anardana powder, salt and red chili powder in it. Add some chopped coriander leaves and mix the ingredients.
- Keep them aside. To make stuffing for aloo paratha, exclude onion and mix the rest of the ingredients.
(To make Aloo Ka Paratha)
- Now, divide the dough into 4-5 parts, roll it in the palm of your hands to make round balls.
- Now dust these balls with dry flour and roll them with a rolling pin to make make a circle of 5-6 inch.
- When you have made the circle add the potato stuffing inside it. Lift the edges one by one and bring back to the center so as to make a roundish ball once again.
- Now dust this stuffed ball again with some flour and with gentle movement roll it out once again to about 6-7 inch diameter circle.
- Heat up a griddle or tava and smear it with the small quantity of ghee.
- Gently place the paratha over the tava and cook from the side. Cook the paratha until its brown in color.
- Serve the paratha hot alongside homemade butter and some tangy mint chutney.
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Notes
- If the stuffing of the paratha contains moisture and is watery then the stuffing will spill out from the paratha.
- Make sure to add salt just before making paratha because salt tends to make filling watery.
- The key to making flawless, tastier and soft Aloo Paratha is mashing the potatoes well. You can use a masher or grater to mash the potatoes.
- Most commonly used ingredients to make spiced potato filling other than boiled potatoes are green chillies, coriander leaves, red chilli powder, pomegranate seeds along with a little carom seeds,
- Knead the dough for good 5-6 minutes for making soft parathas.
- Calories mentioned are without butter topping
This recipe is just like my Mom’s recipe and I absolutely love it. I will always be ‘aloo paratha with tea’ person. 😀
Truly said, aloo paratha is an emotion. My college mess used to serve Aloo Paratha every Saturday.
This recipe looks so tempting!
I am so hungry after this, will soon make aloo pyaaz paratha. I love pyaaz in the paratha, it gives more flavor to the paratha.
When I worked in Pakistan I looked forward to breakfast on Friday. Every Friday morning the cooks would make Aloo Paratha. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
Thanks for your feedback James! I am glad hope you will try this.