Corn Parathas

Ingredients
For the filling:
1 1/4 cups corn, boiled and mashed
2 tbsp fresh coconut, grated
1 tbsp raisins
1 tbsp cashews, cut into small pieces
salt to taste
3-4 green chilies, cut into small pieces
1/3 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp asafoetida powder

150 gms gram flour
50 gms sooji
1 tsp yogurt
1/3 tsp ajwain seeds
4 tbsp oil for making the dough
oil or ghee for frying

 
Method
Mix gram flour, sooji, salt and sieve. Add ajwain seeds, yogurt, oil to the flour and make a
dough with enough water. Cover the dough with a cloth and keep aside for a few minutes.
For the filling, heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, asafoetida, green chilies and fry for a
minute. Then add coriander powder, mashed corn, cashews, raisins, grated coconut, salt,
garam masala and mix well. Fry on low heat stirring continuously until it is done.
Make small balls from the gram flour mixture, keep in the middle of a greased polythene
paper. Keep another polythene paper on the top and roll over into thin puris.
Stuff the corn mixture in the middle of the puri, cover the edges and again roll it into a
paratha. Heat oil in a flat pan and fry the parathas on both sides until they are golden
brown in color.