4 Easy ways to make Namkeen paratha is a collection of paratha recipes for breakfast or lunch. Plain paratha or Namkeen paratha are the most popular breakfast recipe in India. The parathas are made with whole wheat flour, which makes it healthy and enough to feel full till lunch.

4 Easy ways to make Namkeen and spicy parathas

Plain paratha is made by simply adding salt to the flour and cooked on tawa by applying ghee over it. Also many prefer adding ajwain/carom seeds along with it to give a nice taste. It is also considered good for digestion. Well is depends entirely on your taste.

On the other hand Namkeen paratha is made by using some dry spices like red chilli powder, jeera, salt, turmeric powder etc. Namkeen paratha is somewhat spicy and is one of my favourite.

Try my other easy to make Breakfast recipes Green Moong Dal dosa, Chilli Garlic Bread, Moong Dal Appe, Cheese paratha.

Steps for 4 Easy ways to make Namkeen paratha

Ingredients:

Whole wheat flour – 2 cups
Ghee – 1 tbsp
Salt – to taste
Red chilli powder – 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder – 1/4 tsp
Jeera – 1/2 tsp
Garam masala – 1/4 tsp

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Directions:

First of all knead the dough. For that, take whole wheat flour in a bowl. Add salt to the flour for taste. Now add 1 tbsp of ghee to the flour. Mix it properly. Knead a dough by adding water. The dough should be tight enough to be rolled, so add water accordingly. Cover the dough and keep it aside for 10 to 15 minutes. A tight dough will make the parathas crispy.

After 15 minutes knead the dough for 2 minutes. This will make the dough more soft.
Our first recipe is Laccha paratha. For this take small portion of the dough and roll it into a ball.

Roll it into circle of 1/2 cm thick. Apply ghee over it.

Then sprinkle some dry flour over the applied ghee portion and spread gently with hands for even distribution of ghee & flour. Till this step the method is same for rest of the paratha recipe.

Now fold the rolled dough as shown below, about 1/2 inch horizontally.
Now again fold 1/2 inch but in reverse position as shown below.

Continue folding till the end.

At last the folds appears as shown in the image.

Then roll it into circle starting from the center, stretching gently. Now tuck the end downwards and press gently so that the end don’t open up while rolling the paratha.

Then roll into a circle of 1/2 cm thickness.
Cook the paratha on hot tawa by applying ghee on both sides.

4 Easy ways to make Namkeen and spicy parathas

While cooking press the paratha gently for a crispy layer. Our Lachha paratha is ready to serve.
Lachha paratha has many layers and is one of the most popular paratha.
The second type of paratha we are going to make is Cone paratha. This paratha too has many layers like the Lachha paratha.
For Cone paratha again follow the procedure till applying flour.

Then cut the rolled dough from the center till the end as shown below.

Then simply roll into a cone. The picture shown below will give a clear idea of how to do it.

Now hold the cone vertically upwards and from above press gently downwards to form a round ball. Don’t forget to tuck the end below. This is a very simple step , you will get an idea when you actually do it.

Roll the paratha to a 1/2 inch circle.
Cook over medium flame by applying ghee. Our cone paratha is ready. Serve hot with any sabzi or enjoy with tea.

4 Easy ways to make Namkeen and spicy parathas

The third paratha we are going to make is Square paratha. It is again a layered paratha. This paratha is crispy from outside and has soft layers inside. Square paratha is the easiest and ideal paratha to serve with Sabzi or Dal.
For making square paratha follow step till sprinkling dry flour over the rolled dough.

Fold the dough from one side towards the center as shown below. Similarly fold from the other side overlapping the first fold.

Again fold from the other sides towards the center as shown below.

Press gently. Roll the paratha into a 1/2 inch square paratha. Now here the dough is in square form so while rolling it we have to maintain the square shape. Roll the paratha to even thickness. Many a times the edge of the paratha will remain thick. Roll more towards the edge.

Cook the paratha by applying ghee.

4 Easy ways to make Namkeen and spicy parathas

All these three types of parathas are layered parathas and can be served with tea or any sabzi or evenly tastes amazing with any pickle.
The last paratha we are going to make is Spicy paratha.
For the follow the step till sprinkling flour over the rolled dough.

Now we will sprinkle red chilli powder, turmeric, salt, coriander powder, garam masala and jeera over the flour. Sprinkle some more flour to avoid sticking of layers.