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Coin Paratha Recipe

Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups All Purpose Flour
  • 1 tsp Powdered Sugar
  • Salt To Taste
  • Water As Required To Knead
  • ½ cup Oil

Instructions
 

  • Take a bowl, add all purpose flour, salt, sugar, 2 tbsp oil and mix well.
  • Add water as required to knead a soft dough and knead the dough for 5-10 minutes.
  • Cover with a moist cloth and keep aside for 2 hours.
  • After 2 hours, divide the dough into equal balls. grease with some oil and cover it.
  • Rest the dough balls for 5-10 more minutes.
  • Take the dough ball and roll it in a small circle of about 2 to 3 inches indiameter.
  • Transfer the small circle to a plate and apply oil on top of each rolledcircle.
  • Keep stacking the small circle paratha, one on top of the other and applyoil on top of each rolled circle.
  • Rest the small circle paratha on the plate for 10 minutes.
  • Grease the working surface with oil.
  • Take a small rolled circle and place it on a flat surface. Roll this smallcircle paratha into a large paratha and grease some oil.

Method 1:

  • Start by creating pleats by folding with the help of fingers.
  • Try to stretch the pleated dough as much as possible.
  • Now roll the pleated dough like a swiss roll.
  • Make sure to secure the end by pressing gently.

Method 2:

  • Start by gathering the dough in one corner and create aspiral.
  • Now roll the pleated dough like a swiss roll.
  • Make sure to secure the end by pressing gently.
  • Repeat this process with all the remaining small dough circles. cover with wet cloth and rest the spirals for five minutes.
  • Take a spiral ball and grease the working surface with oil and spreadspiral ball into a paratha of 2-3 inches with the help of hands.
  • Heat a tawa and place the parottas on a hot tava or griddle.
  • When one side has partly cooked, flip the paratha.
  • Now drizzle about 1 tsp of oil or clarified butter on the partly cooked part.
  • Flip again and this time this side has to be cooked more than theprevious side. you will see brown spots on the coin parotta
  • Spread some oil or clarified butter on this side too.
  • Press it down with a spatula.
  • Flip again once or twice till both the sides of coin paratha are cooked properly.
  • Now remove the paratha from heat.
  • Make all coin paratha or coin parathas this way.
  • Now your coin paratha is ready to be served
  • Serve this yummy coin paratha with any vegetable or lentil curry or dal or any curry.