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Cheese Paratha Recipe
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Cheese Paratha Recipe

Cheese Paratha is a delicious whole wheat unleavened flatbread stuffed with a cheesy savory stuffing made with cheddar cheese, onions, green chilies and black pepper.

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings: 5 paratha
Calories: 192 kcal
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

For the dough
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour - 120 grams
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon neutral cooking oil or ghee (clarified butter, generic cooking oil
  • water as required for kneading
For the cheese stuffing
  • ½ cup cheese cheddar, mozzarella or processed cheese, tightly packed, grated
  • ¼ cup onion finely chopped
  • 1 or 2 green chilies - finely chopped
  • ¼ to ½ teaspoon black pepper or as required, crushed
More Ingredients
  • ghee or oil as required for roasting paratha
  • whole wheat flour as needed for dusting

Instructions

Kneading dough
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  1. In a large mixing bowl or plate/tray take whole wheat flour, salt, oil or ghee. Add some water.
  2. Mix everything and begin to knead into a smooth and soft dough. Add more water if required while kneading. 
  3. Cover and keep the dough aside for 20 to 30 minutes.
Making cheese stuffing
  1. In a bowl or plate, take all the stuffing ingredients - grated cheese, finely chopped onions and green chillies, crushed black pepper.
  2. Mix everything very well. 
  3. No need to add salt as cheese already has a lot of salt. Keep aside.
Assembling and stuffing
  1. Pinch two small balls from the dough. Roll them between your palms.
  2. Flatten them and dust with whole wheat flour.
  3. With a rolling pin, roll them into about 4 to 5 inches diameter rounds. Try making both the rounds of the same size.
  4. On one of the rolled dough circle, place the cheese stuffing in the center and keep about 1 inch empty space from the sides.
  5. Gently place the second circle on top and press and seal the edges with your fingertips.
  6. Dust some flour on the stuffed paratha.
  7. Begin to roll the paratha. Dust some more flour if required.
  8. Roll the paratha into a round of about 7 to 8 inches in diameter or about the size of a normal roti or chapati.
Making cheese paratha
  1. On a hot tava (skillet or griddle) place the rolled paratha. 
  2. The tava should be hot and not at a low temperature. Cooking parathas at a low flame will harden them. Parathas ideally are crisp as well as soft.
  3. When the base is partly cooked, flip the paratha. Spread some ghee on the partly cooked part.
  4. Flip again and this time this side has to be cooked more than the previous side. You will see brown spots on the paratha.
  5. Spread some ghee on this side too.
  6. Flip again once or twice till both the sides are cooked properly. You should see crisp brown spots on the paratha. 
  7. Press the paratha edges with a spatula or spoon, so that they are fried well. While roasting any paratha variety make sure that the edges are cooked properly. If not then press them with the help of spatula for even cooking.
  8. Once the paratha has cooked well. Remove them from the tava and serve them hot. Make all parathas this way.
  9. Serve these cheese paratha hot with yogurt or mango pickle or tomato ketchup.

Notes

  • Do chop the onions finely as if not, then they come out of the parathas while rolling.
  • For a vegan cheese paratha, use your preferred vegan cheese and roast the paratha with any neutral flavored oil.
  • The recipe can be doubled.
  • The approximate nutrition info is for 1 cheese paratha made with cheddar cheese and roasted with ghee.

Nutrition Information

Calories 192kcal (10%) Carbohydrates 21g (7%) Protein 6g (12%) Fat 10g (15%) Saturated Fat 6g (30%) Polyunsaturated Fat 1g (6%) Monounsaturated Fat 3g (15%) Cholesterol 25mg (8%) Sodium 278mg (12%) Potassium 115mg (2%) Fiber 4g (16%) Sugar 1g (2%) Vitamin A 119IU (2%) Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) 1mg Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 1mg Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 1mg Vitamin B6 1mg Vitamin B12 1µg (42%) Vitamin C 4mg (4%) Vitamin D 1µg (5%) Vitamin E 1mg Vitamin K 1µg Calcium 93mg (9%) Vitamin B9 (Folate) 14µg Iron 1mg (6%) Magnesium 38mg (10%) Phosphorus 149mg Zinc 1mg

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 5 paratha

Amount Per Serving

Calories 192

% Daily Value*

Calories 192kcal 10%
Carbohydrates 21g 7%
Protein 6g 12%
Fat 10g 15%
Saturated Fat 6g 30%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g 6%
Monounsaturated Fat 3g 15%
Cholesterol 25mg 8%
Sodium 278mg 12%
Potassium 115mg 2%
Fiber 4g 16%
Sugar 1g 2%
Vitamin A 119IU 2%
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) 1mg
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 1mg
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 1mg
Vitamin B6 1mg
Vitamin B12 1µg 42%
Vitamin C 4mg 4%
Vitamin D 1µg 5%
Vitamin E 1mg
Vitamin K 1µg
Calcium 93mg 9%
Vitamin B9 (Folate) 14µg
Iron 1mg 6%
Magnesium 38mg 10%
Phosphorus 149mg
Zinc 1mg

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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