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Easy Palak Paratha Recipe - Spinach Paratha

A delicious, healthy spinach paratha that is simple to make. A winner for both adults and children, even the fussiest of eaters.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Breakfast, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Indian, Pakistani

Equipment

  • 1 Large mixing bowl
  • 1 Rolling Pin
  • 1 Pan
  • 1 Food processor
  • 1 Muslin/cheese cloth
  • 1 Egg wash brush

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cup Wholemeal flour
  • ¼ cup Extra wholemeal flour for rolling
  • 1 cup Spinach (fresh or frozen)
  • ¾ cup Water
  • 1 tsp Ginger
  • 1 tsp Garlic
  • 1 medium Fresh chilli (optional, skip for children)
  • 1 tsp Lemon juice (fresh or from a bottle)
  • 1 tbsp Olive oil
  • 1 tsp Garam masala (optional)
  • ½ tsp Salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Add flour to your mixing bowl.
  • Add the spinach, ginger, garlic, lemon juice, optional chilli and garam masala to the food processor and pulse until it's a pureed liquid
  • Add the spinach pureed liquid to your cheese cloth and remove most of the moisture. Then add to the mixing bowl in step 1 and mix.
  • The spinach flour may seem a bit dry so slowly add a little water to the mixing bowl until it forms into a large smooth round dough ball. Note, do not add too much water to the dough as it will become too sticky to handle.
  • Split the dough into smaller even dough balls based on your preference of how big you want each paratha to be.
  • On a clean worktop, dust flour for rolling and take one doughball and flatten it like a burger with your palm.
  • Take your rolling pin and roll back and forth, then rotate the paratha 90 degrees and roll again. Keep doing this until you've achieved the size of paratha you desire. Use extra flour if you find the dough sticking to the worktop or rolling pin.
  • Place your pan onto your gas/electric hob and let this heat up on medium heat.
  • Gently pick up the raw paratha and place onto the heated pan, brush the top with olive oil using your egg wash brush, allow to cook for a minute then flip. Then brush with olive oil. Keep repeating this until you see light brown spots on each side of the paratha.
  • Repeat steps 6 to 9 until you've made all your parathas. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

  1. You can substitute the wholemeal flour with white flour but it won't be as healthy. Try 50% wholemeal and 50% white flour.
  2. You can use as little or as much olive oil as you wish when cooking your parathas - it's all down to personal preference.
Keyword Healthy, paratha, spinach paratha