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How To Freeze Homemade Parathas?

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Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Cuisine Pakistani
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups Flour (Atta)
  • 3 tbsp Melted Ghee
  • 1½ cup Warm Water
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • More Ghee Needed If cooking On The Spot

Instructions
 

  • In a bowl, add flour, ghee and salt. Mix well.
  • Now add water gradually and knead the dough as you go. You can do this manually by hand or use a stand mixer with the hook attachment.
  • Once your dough is mixed, don’t knead any more. Transfer the dough into a clean bowl, cover it and refrigerate for about 15 to 20 mins.
  • Bring out the dough and now knead for 5 mins with your fists. Knead till you get a smooth dough.
  • Make small dough balls from your dough. And keep placing them on a surface that has been sprinkled with flour.
  • Flatten the dough balls by pressing them in the palms of your hands. Flatten them as much as you can with ease. Sprinkle more flour on the dough discs if they become too sticky.
  • Use a rolling pin to flatten out one dough disc into a medium round shape.
  • Use a brush and cover the surface the rolled out dough with ghee.
  • Lift one edge of the disc and fold towards the centre. Now do the same on the opposite side.
  • Your paratha should look like a log right now. Use the brush and cover the surface of the exposed top of the paratha.
  • Bring in one end of the paratha towards the centre and bring the other to overlap the first one to form a square.
  • Dust the square dough with flour and roll it out to form a square paratha

METHOD 1 – RAW PARATHA:

  • In this method, you simply brush some melted ghee on either side of the rolled out paratha and place them on a sheet of wax paper.
  • Add another layer of wax paper and layer the rolled out parathas this way
  • Keep the tray in the freezer to turn the parathas solid.
  • Once they harden up, transfer them into a ziplock bag and freeze.

METHOD 2 – HALF COOKED PARATHA:

  • Heat a pan and cook the paratha on one side long enough to see the color of the paratha change on top.
  • When that happens, remove the paratha and keep on the side to cool down.
  • Stack the parathas with wax papers in between each paratha and since these aren’t delicate, you can directly put them in a ziplock bag and freeze.
  • You don’t need to thaw frozen parathas. Simply place the solid paratha on a hot pan and brush a little ghee on all corners.
  • Flip over when the top changes color.
  • Brush ghee on this side too and flip over when the bottom gets nice golden brown color all around.
  • Serve with your favorite curry or kebab.