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Gobi Paratha Recipe (Punjabi Cauliflower Paratha)
Cauliflower Paratha is unleavened whole wheat flatbread stuffed with a spiced grated cauliflower filling. Gobi Paratha is often made for breakfast in Punjabi homes as well as served in restaurants and Punjabi dhabas. This recipe is an authentic style of making these stuffed flatbreads, the way they are usually made in Punjabi households.
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings: 12 Gobi Paratha
Calories: 157 kcal
Course:
Breakfast
Cuisine:
Indian
Ingredients
For dough
- 3 cups whole wheat flour - 360 grams
- 1 cup water or add more if required
- 1 teaspoon salt or as required - optional
- 1 tablespoon ghee or oil, add as required - optional
For cauliflower stuffing
- ½ cauliflower head - finely grated
- 1 green chili - chopped finely or 1 teaspoon finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon garam masala or as required
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder or as required
- salt as required
For roasting
- ghee (clarified butter) or oil as required
Instructions
Kneading dough
- In a bowl take the whole wheat flour along with salt as required. Add 1 tablespoon ghee or oil.
- Next add 1 cup water or as required. Knead the wheat flour with water to a smooth and soft dough.
- Cover and keep aside for 20 to 30 minutes.
Cup of Yum
Making cauliflower stuffing
- Rinse the cauliflower head very well.
- Then grate cauliflower with a fine grater all the way through until you come to the stalks. Do not grate the stalks.
- Add some finely chopped green chilies to it.
- Uniformly mix the green chilies with the grated cauliflower. Set aside.
Making gobi paratha
- Later take 2 small to medium sized balls from the dough. Dust them with some flour on the rolling board.
- With a rolling pin (belan), roll both the dough balls to a size of about 3 to 4 inches in diameter.
- Now spread some ghee over one of the rolled disc. Top it with a few tablespoons of the grated cauliflower mix and keep about 1 inch empty space from the sides.
- Sprinkle 1 to 2 pinches of salt, red chili powder and garam masala powder all over evenly on the grated cauliflower filling.
- Also sprinkle some wheat flour. As the grated cauliflower tend to be moist, sprinkling little wheat flour helps the parathas not to be moist and sticky when rolling with a rolling pin (belan).
- Be careful as not to under-stuff or overstuff the paratha. Cover with the other rolled dough or disc.
- Press and seal the edges very well with your fingertips.
- Dust some flour on the stuffed paratha and start rolling the gobi paratha with the help of a rolling pin (belan). Roll very gently and lightly till you get the paratha to a size of a chapati or roti, about 6 to 8 inches.
Roasting
- On a hot tava (tawa or skillet or griddle) place the rolled gobi paratha.
- Roast the gobhi paratha with ghee till browned and uniformly roasted on both sides on a medium-high to high heat.
- You can also press the gobhi paratha edges with a spatula or spoon, so that they are fried well. As some time, the paratha edges are not cooked well.
- Make all gobhi paratha this way and stack them up in a roti basket or casserole.
- Serve gobi paratha hot or warm with yogurt, pickle or white butter.
Notes
- The recipe can be scaled easily.
- To make a spicy stuffing add more green chilies.
- Use fresh tender cauliflower.
- Don't blanch cauliflower as after grating they release a lot of water and make it difficult to make the paratha.
- Don't overstuff or under-stuff the paratha with the stuffing. Overstuffed paratha will break while rolling. While an understuffed paratha will lack the flavor of the savory cauliflower stuffing.
- Ensure that the cauliflower is grated finely. The cauliflower is not minced and nor does have large shreds.
- Knead the dough to a smooth and soft texture.
- Note that the approximate nutrition info is for 1 gobi paratha.
Nutrition Information
Calories
157kcal
(8%)
Carbohydrates
23g
(8%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
6g
(9%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Cholesterol
14mg
(5%)
Sodium
315mg
(13%)
Potassium
184mg
(5%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
55IU
(1%)
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
1mg
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
1mg
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
2mg
Vitamin B6
1mg
Vitamin C
12mg
(13%)
Vitamin E
1mg
Vitamin K
4µg
Calcium
17mg
(2%)
Vitamin B9 (Folate)
27µg
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Magnesium
45mg
Phosphorus
118mg
Zinc
1mg
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12Gobi Paratha
Amount Per Serving
Calories 157
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 157kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 23g | 8% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 14mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 315mg | 13% |
| Potassium | 184mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 55IU | 1% |
| Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) | 1mg | |
| Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) | 1mg | |
| Vitamin B3 (Niacin) | 2mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 1mg | |
| Vitamin C | 12mg | 13% |
| Vitamin E | 1mg | |
| Vitamin K | 4µg | |
| Calcium | 17mg | 2% |
| Vitamin B9 (Folate) | 27µg | |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
| Magnesium | 45mg | 11% |
| Phosphorus | 118mg | |
| Zinc | 1mg |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.