Navratri Special Makhana Paratha Recipe: Fasting has great importance in the festival of Navratri. People keep fast for nine days to worship Goddess Durga. During this period, the question of what to eat during the fast always comes to mind. If you also want to eat something new, tasty and healthy, then try Makhana Paratha this Navratri. It sounds like a difficult task, but actually it is very easy to make. Makhana contains a lot of nutrition like calcium, protein, fiber etc. This is the reason why it is considered good to eat it during fasting days. So let us see how you can easily make soft makhana paratha during fasting. Apart from being gluten free, it is prepared with less spices.
Ingredients required to make Makhana Paratha-
– 1 cup makhana (coarsely ground)
– 2 boiled potatoes
– 1 teaspoon rock salt
– 1 teaspoon green chilli (finely chopped)
– 1 teaspoon coriander leaves (finely chopped)
– 1 teaspoon ghee (for baking)
Method of preparation-
First of all dry roast the Makhana and grind it coarsely. Now take boiled potatoes in a vessel and mash it well. Now add ground makhana, mashed potatoes, green chillies, rock salt and coriander leaves in a vessel and knead the dough with it.
If the dough is becoming too hard then add some water or curd to it and make a soft dough. Now keep the dough covered for 5-10 minutes. Now make small balls of the dough and heat the pan.
Roll out the dough gently and make a paratha, put it on the pan, apply ghee on both the sides and cook till it turns golden. When the paratha is ready, serve it with curd or fasting chutney.
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Tags: Durga puja festival, Famous Recipes, Food Recipe, Lifestyle, Navratri festival
FIRST PUBLISHED: October 6, 2024, 17:03 IST