Methi, Mooli Makkai Paratha Recipe

Step 1: To begin making Methi, Mooli Makkai Paratha Recipe, we first prepare the ingredients one by one

Step 2: Wash, peel and grate the radish and keep aside

Step 3: Similarly, seperate out only the methi leaves from its stem, wash and roughly chop it and keep aside

Step 4: Now, take a big bowl, squeeze out the water from the grated radish and add it into the bowl

Step 5: Add the chopped methi leaves, green chillies, makkai aata, gently crushed ajwain seeds between the palms, red chilli and coriander powder

Step 6: Season with salt and mix the ingredients well

Step 7: Now, slowly add the water or butter milk to make it into a tight dough

Step 8: The maize will keep absorbing water into it

Step 9: Divide the dough into 12 equal balls and keep aside

Step 10: Now, line a butter or parchment paper on the kitchen slab, greese it with few drops of oil

Step 11: Take one small dough ball, knead it till it becomes soft, and gently press it over the parchment paper

Step 12: Pat it with your fingers and flat it out to the size of small poori's

Step 13: Heat skillet on medium flame, place the patted makkai roti over the skillet, add a few drops of oil / ghee on the sides and let it cook on the surface for 2-3 minutes

Step 14: Flip over and cook the other side for another 3 minutes brushing it with little oil

Step 15: Similarly, make the rest of the roti's

Step 16: Serve the Methi, Mooli Makkai Paratha Recipe along with Gur/jaggery, dollop of white butter and traditional Sarson Ka Saag for a weekend Punjabi cuisine inspired lunch