Bored cooking with the same menu of Dal, chawal, sabzi, roti….want to try something tasty & healthy. Or are you short of time for preparing lunch or dinner or you want to make a simple and tasty weekend Brunch then make this Lauki ka paratha. 

There are many dishes made from lauki/bottle gourd however the most popular are Lauki ka Halwa and Lauki Kofta. Even the sabji made with Lauki is delicious. A quick way to make Lauki ki sabji is, peel off the skin and wash it properly. Chop into small pieces. Chop garlic and green chillies.

Now in a pressure cooker heat oil and add jeera, chopped garlic and green chilli. Add turmeric and finally chopped Lauki. Mix all the ingredients and add salt. Now add just 1/2 cup of water and cook till one whistle and your sabji is ready to serve. Garnish with chopped fresh coriander. This is a very simple and tasty recipe you must try whenever you are in hurry.  

Paratha is a common dish….prepared using stuffing made from aloo or gobi . But this recipe of Lauki ka paratha is different. Bottle gourd is a very healthy vegetable  which one should always include in our diet. So why to make only sabji from Lauki, try this amazing recipe of paratha. I’m sure children too will like it.

Try my other breakfast recipes

4 Easy ways to make namkeen and spicy parathas 

Chilli Garlic Bread 

Moong Dal Appe

Broccoli cheese sandwich 

Cheese paratha

Before starting with the recipe just few things to remember to make the paratha more tasty

• First important thing to remember is as we the grate the lauki/bottle gourd the color of the juice starts turning black with time. So before grating keep all the ingredients ready so that the ingredients can be added without wasting any time.
• Keep the skin if lauki is fresh, this will not only add more fiber in the dish but also tastes good.
• Don’t squeeze out the juice which is released after grating lauki. This juice has the taste and health too. Instead of water this juice is helpful for making the dough. And also no need to squeeze out the juice and keep separately just let it be with the vegetable and add the ingredients along with the flour to it. 

Ingredients:

• Lauki – 1 medium
• Chopped onion – 1
• Ginger garlic paste(fresh) – 1 tsp
• Cumin – 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder – 2 tsp
• Atta/whole wheat flour – 4 cup
• Salt – to taste
• Chopped Coriander leaves – ½ cup
• Oil or ghee – to cook
• Coriander powder – 2 tsp
• Garam masala powder – 1 to 2 tsp

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Method:

• Grate the Lauki in a bowl. (keep the juice along with it)
• Add all the ingredients except oil/ghee.
• Mix properly and make a dough.
• Avoid adding water till all the ingredients are mixed properly.
• Once the ingredients are combined together and if the dough seems dry then add little water.
• Knead into a tied dough because after sometime Lauki leaves water making the dough loose.
• You can also use ready made mix atta instead of only whole wheat atta, to make it more healthy.
• Mix atta can also be made at home by mixing 2 cup atta and the rest 2 cups can be a mixture of besan/jowar/bajra/ragi flour whichever is available. Only remember use half quantity of whole wheat atta for proper binding.
• Now cover the dough for 10 mins.
• Make paratha by simply rolling and cook with oil/ghee.
• Serve with green chutney or enjoy with tomato sauce.

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Paratha is a famous dish made for breakfast in India. There are many recipes of parathas, out of which “Aloo ka Paratha” is the most common yet most famous recipe. Other recipes of parathas are plain paratha or namkeen paratha, paneer ka paratha, Mooli ka paratha, Gobi ka paratha is yet another most likeable one, Loki ka paratha, cheese paratha and many more.

Paratha is a stomach filling dish, which is tasty and healthy too. The aromatic smell of ghee applied on parathas stimulates the appetite, whether it is made for breakfast for packed in lunch box for children, one can easily make out with the flavorful aroma which paratha is being prepared.

Often the paratha is cooked by applying ghee which make it tasty but counts on calories too. But eating it once in a while and that too in limited quantity will definitely fulfil the craving for having your favorite paratha. 

Also try my other recipes for breakfast,

4 Easy ways to make namkeen and spicy parathas 

Chilli Garlic Bread 

Moong Dal Appe 

So today I’m sharing the recipe of delicious “Cheese paratha”. This cheesy paratha is very tasty and liked by Children a lot. The cheese just melts while cooking and along with the spices tastes amazing. Like other recipes of paratha this recipe is very easy to prepare with few basic ingredients.

Ingredients:

• Grated Processed cheese – 1 cup
• Finely chopped onion – ½ cup
• Chopped coriander leaves – ¼ cup
• Chopped green chilli – 1 to 2
• Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
• Coriander powder – ½ tsp
• Garam masala powder – ½ tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Ghee – for cooking
• Whole wheat flour – 2 cups
• Finely chopped coriander leaves – 1/4 cup

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Method:

• First step is to knead the dough. The dough should be kneaded tight to get a crispy layer of paratha. In a bowl take the flour, add ½ tsp of salt and 1 tbsp of ghee. Mix it properly with hand so that the ghee is mixed evenly with the flour. Ghee will make the paratha crispier. Knead the dough using water. Cover the dough and keep it aside.
• In another bowl mix grated cheese, chopped green chilli, red chilli powder, coriander powder, chopped coriander leaves, chopped onion and garam masala powder. Mix properly. We are not adding salt as cheese already has sufficient salt to taste.

• Our stuffing is ready.

• Knead the dough for a minute.
• Divide it into 4 to 6 parts.
• Take one part and roll to a circle.
• Place 2 tbsp of the stuffing in the center. Fold the paratha as shown in the pictures below.
• Once the stuffing is covered press the dough lightly. The shape of the dough will be square and we will further roll the paratha in square shape only.

• Roll again taking care that it is evenly rolled from all sides, especially on the corners. Roll to ½ cm thickness.

• Cook the paratha on a flat tawa. Cook both the sides till golden brown by applying ghee.

• Serve hot with green chutney or pickle or tomato sauce.

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