Palak Paratha | Spinach Paratha

A paratha is a North-Indian flat-bread made of whole wheat flour, stuffed with vegetables, paneer and leafy vegetables. It can served for any meal of the day with chutney, pickle or raita. Making perfect parathas needs some skill and comes only with practice. Here is an easy and healthy paratha recipe with spinach which is mess free and requires no stuffing.

You can prepare palak parathas in 2 ways. You can puree the spinach and mix it into the flour with other spices. Or you sauté chopped spinach, spices and add to flour. I prefer the latter way and love the little green specks on the paratha. Check the notes for the first method.  Spinach paratha are ideal to pack for lunchbox and travel. Serve the parathas hot with curd or raita and pickle.

Palak Paratha

Indian whole-wheat flat-bread with spinach and spices
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 2 cups spinach finely chopped
  • ½ inch ginger grated
  • 2-3 green chillies finely chopped
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • ½ tsp ajwain / carom seeds
  • Pinch of asafoetida / hing
  • ½ tsp cumin / jeera powder
  • ¾ tsp garam masala
  • 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil / ghee

Instructions

  • Heat ½ tsp oil and add ajwain, hing, ginger and green chillies. Fry for few seconds and then add spinach. Fry for 2-3 minutes or until it wilts.
  • Add turmeric powder, cumin powder, garam masala, coriander leaves, lemon juice, salt and fry for 1 minute. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
  • In a large bowl, add whole what flour, spinach mixture, salt, 2 tsp oil, required water and knead to make a smooth and pliable dough.
  • Cover and set aside for 15-20 minutes. Divide the dough into lemon size balls. Roll each ball on a lightly floured surface into a circle.
  • Heat a tawa and place the paratha. Cook the paratha on medium heat and smear little oil or ghee until golden brown spots appear on both sides.

Notes

  • You can also blanch the spinach and grind with ginger, green chillies, coriander and lemon juice. Add the pureed spinach, spices and salt to the flour and knead to a smooth dough.
  • If you don’t like the taste of ajwain, you can substitute with cumin seeds / jeera.
  • You can also add red chilly powder instead of green chillies.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian

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  1. the paratha looks too tempting…inviting clicks as usual

  2. That's a gr8 composition and lovely recipe

  3. healthy and tempting paratha!!! lovely color!!

  4. Nice one ! Gr8 Pics too.. Well, I just posted Palak-Raita onmy blog 🙂

  5. Yummy and tempting paratha

  6. U are really so good at making the perfect round paratha .Looks soo pretty Sona.

  7. I love to have palak in any form… palak paratha is a quick nutritional recipe to feed for kids…loved the glazing parathas and it looks too yummy….

  8. healthy way to sneak in greens,yumm parathas!

  9. Yeah i was looking at how the paratha pops up not the others .Meena sis you looked at the perfect round shape.

  10. Mmmm, look at all that spinach – it sounds lovely.

  11. What a lovely looking paratha.. who can ever resist this ..

  12. healthy and perfect lunch box idea.. yes the perfect one will come by practice 🙂

  13. Lovely pics Sona.. I usually puree the spinach but will try this way next time.

  14. Perfect round parathas.. so green and healthy..

  15. Love the lighting in the pics.. Delicious and healthy parathas.

  16. Wonderful pics Sona.. Nicely made palak parathas..

  17. Looks delicious and colorful paratha.

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