Paneer Paratha Recipe – Tips & Tricks

Paneer Paratha Recipe | How to Make Paneer Parata with detailed photo and video recipe. An indian flat bread recipe stuffed with grated cottage cheese, herbs, and a range of spice powders. These can be easily served for lunch and dinner, but not limited to try it out for breakfast. Typically, it is served with basic accompaniments like pickle, raita, or even a simple scoop of fresh creamy yogurt.

Paneer Paratha Recipe | How to Make Paneer Parata with step-by-step photo and video recipe. Paratha recipes have become an integral part of Indian cuisine for various reasons it has to offer. There are different types of paratha recipes across India but are mainly limited to vegetable-based stuffing. Yet there are exceptions to some popular ingredients and paneer paratha is one of them.

Traditionally, parathas have been an important recipe, especially in north India. While many agree that parathas originated in India, some put forward the Persian influence on Indian cuisine. More commonly, paneer parathas are eaten with a pickle recipe, but they can be even served with simple plain curd. I prefer plain yogurt, whereas my husband prefers the combination of pickle and curd. Alternatively, paneer paratha can also be prepared with a combination of potatoes and paneer curries, like simple aloo sabzi or the premium paneer butter masala or kadai paneer. The accompaniment choice is purely preferential and can be of any choice depending upon individual preference.

Furthermore, some tips, suggestions, and variations for a perfect paneer paratha recipe. Firstly, prepare a moist dough and a soft dough, that can be easily shaped and rolled into flatbread. The dough should be exactly similar to chapati or roti dough that can easily cover the spiced paneer crumbles in it. Secondly, it is recommended to refrigerate the dough for a few hours. Perhaps even refrigerating for half an hour would make a big difference, particularly in shaping and rolling the paratha. Lastly, grate the paneer finely to small chunks. Also, adding the spices is completely open-ended. However, do not skip adding amchur powder and chilli powder to paneer stuffing. Alternatively, finely chopped green chilies can also be added to paneer stuffing to make it more spicy.

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About Paneer Paratha

It is a simple and healthy popular cottage cheese stuffed flatbread recipe made and served for morning breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The Paneer Paratha is loaded with a filling stuffing that can be easily the best choice for lunch boxes or tiffin boxes. There are many ways it is served, but the most common way is to serve with a flavored yogurt or curd raita. However, not limited and can also be served with a range of curries.

There are many ways to make this simple and flavored Paneer Paratha recipe. But the most common and popular way is to make it with basic paneer crumble and a range of basic spices added to it. This not only keeps it simple to prepare but also makes it to the point. The other most common way is to make it with other cooked and mashed vegetables. The popular choice is the mashed and boiled potatoes or cauliflower. However, the experiment is open-ended and can be tweaked as per preference.

Chef Tips for Paneer Paratha

The recipe for any paratha is extremely simple without any complications or complicated ingredients used in it. It goes the same for this recipe too, yet some simple and mandatory tips are –

1. Paneer – Use fresh moist and preferably homemade paneer for this paratha. Store-bought paneer comes adulterated and can be hard to crumble and eventually for stuffing.
2. Spice Mixture – The basic spice mixture used for this recipe is chilli powder, garam masala, and amchur powder. However, the spice mixture can further be increased, and depending upon taste buds, you can add kasuri methi, chaat masala, etc.
3. Moist Dough – The dough has to be soft and moist so that it can be easily shaped and pleated. There are many different pleating and stuffing techniques, but having moist and soft dough helps to pleat in any shape.
4. Cooking Method – Use a preheated griddle or tawa to roast the rolled and stuffed paratha. If the tawa is not heated properly, it may stick to the tawa and cannot be easily flipped.
5. Accompaniments – The paratha does not require any mandatory side dish, yet can be served with basic to fancy accompaniments. The most common is flavored yogurt or raita, but it can also be served with a range of pickles or any type of curries.

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How to Make Paneer Paratha with step-by-step photos

How to make paneer stuffing for paratha:

1. Firstly, in a large bowl take 2 cup paneer, ½ tsp cumin powder, 1 tsp aamchur, ½ tsp chilli powder, 1 inch ginger, grated, 2 chilli, finely chopped, 2 tbsp coriander, and ½ tsp salt.
   
2. Mix well making sure everything is well combined. Paneer stuffing is ready, keep it aside.
   

How to make dough for paratha:

1. Firstly, in a large bowl take 2 cup of wheat flour ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp ajwain. Mix well.
   
2. Add water as required and start to knead.
   
3. Knead to a smooth and soft dough adding water as required.
   
4. Grease oil and rest for 20 minutes.
   

How to make Paneer Paratha:

1. After the dough has rested for 20 minutes, knead slightly.
   
2. Now pinch a ball-sized dough and roll about 4 inches in diameter.
   
3. Place a ball-sized prepared paneer stuffing in the centre. Take the edge and start pleating bringing it to the centre.
   
4. Also, join the pleats together and secure tight pinching off excess dough.
5. Sprinkle some wheat flour and roll slightly thick.
   
6. On a hot tawa place the rolled paratha and cook for a minute.
   
7. Furthermore, flip the paratha when the base is partly cooked (after a minute).
   
8. Also, brush oil/ghee and press slightly. Flip again once or twice till both sides are cooked properly.
   
9. Finally, serve hot Paneer paratha with sauce, raita or pickle.
   

Notes

• Firstly, you can also add onions to the paneer stuffing for variation.
• Also, roasting the paratha with ghee gives a nice flavour to the paratha.
• Additionally, you can add ¼ cup maida to the dough, to make paratha super soft.
• Finally, Paneer Paratha Recipe tastes great when stuffing is made masaledar.