5 August 2021

What are Paratha, and how do we cook them at home? (@NLi10)

 I was told that we had dinner provided for us by our guests, and that my paratha was in the freezer.  And for once - I had no idea what this was!  


With a name that sounds suspiciously like a late generation Pokémon, paratha are a 'traditional South Asian Flatbread' that not only looks pretty fun, but also cooks from frozen.

I'd been given it to go with a dahl.


It's a pancake then?


Looks like it - lets fry it up!  Keep flipping to stop it sticking, and give it a pat to keep it cooking evenly.


Its getting a little crispier... and it smells of BUTTER


Its really puffed up! And its amazing.  It's somewhere between naan and a potato cake, even though there are no potatoes in this! 

So fantastic, and a great alternative to some of the sides we usually have.  maybe not diet friendly (so much butter) but so yummy.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, yeah except there clearly IS no butter in these.

zeddy said...

The onion infused variety are in my opinion, even tastier.

cinabar said...

I think he meant margarine not butter.

NLi10 said...

Yeah - sorry - using marge & butter too interchangeably here.