Friday, February 5, 2010

Sweet Sesame & Peanut Stuffed Paratha


Know What U Eat: Sesame seeds contain two unique substances: sesamin and sesamolin. Both of these substances belong to a group of special beneficial fibers called lignans, and have been shown to have a cholesterol-lowering effect in humans, and to prevent high blood pressure and increase vitamin E supplies in animals. Sesamin has also been found to protect the liver from oxidative damage. For now enjoy these sweet stuffed sesame paratha freshly made and served warm, good for little fussy eaters and a sweet treat for all the rest. It goes directly to Priya's CSW- Sesame.

Stuffed paratha

Ingredients:
1/2 C Brown Roasted Sesame seeds
1/2 C Jaggery
1 Tbsp Roasted Peanuts, coarsely powdered
1 Tbsp Roasted split chana daal, coarsely powdered
1 Tbsp Dry Coconut, powdered/shredded
2 Tbsp Ghee/Clarified butter
1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
2-3 tsp of water

Ingredients for Paratha/ Flat Bread dough:
1 C whole wheat flour
2 Tbsp gram flour
1 Tbsp warm canola/olive oil
water as required

Method:
1. Roast the sesame on a pan until light brown, keep them aside.
2. In the same pan roast split pea & peanuts, when cool, grind them in coffee grinder.
3. In the same pan roast the gram flour for about 2 mins. Keep aside.
4. Now add warm ghee to grated jaggery and mix all the above ingredients together to make a soft and mouldable mixture.
5. Grease your hands with oil/ghee and make small balls of stuffing and keep them aside.

For the flat bread dough:
1.  Mix flour, oil. Slowly add little water and make a firm dough. The dough should not be too soft but more on a firmer side.
2.  Divide the dough in small equal balls.

Roll in the stuffing:
1. Then roll out each ball into a not too thin disc or a chapati on a floured board. Like 3 " in diameter should be fine.
2.  Spread the above prepared jaggery & sesame mixture on one round chapati and cover with same size another round chapati. Seal the edges nicely, or else the jaggery will ooze out during cooking and will make the entire thing quite messy....sprinkle a little dry flour on top, then roll out the paratha as thinly and as round as you can, being careful not to break it.
3.  Grease a smoking tava or a griddle with ghee and place the paratha over it, keep a watch turnover when its little golden brown in color, apply ghee on the top and turn over.
4.  Press gently and spread some ghee over this side too.
5.  Keep turning untill parathas turn golden brown or done.
6.  Similarly make the rest of the sweet sesame parathas.  Serve this paratha warm.

36 comments:

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Peanut stuffed parathas those so interesting looks perfect.... The sesame balls are looking very nice!!!

Unknown said...

Lovely idea of parathas!

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

Different & never heard of it

Sailaja Damodaran said...

Like poli right? Interesting nice way to feed nuts for the kids.

Preeti Kashyap said...

This is new to me. Never had anything like this before. Should try it out!

Rekha shoban said...

The perfect parathas!!! looks delicious

chef and her kitchen said...

lovely paratha's..love the sesame hollige,i m sure even this tastes like dat..

PJ said...

wow, what a nice idea to make paratha out of tilgul! very creative and so delicious too! another great recipe from your blog!

Anu Nandu said...

OMG..I can imagine how delicious this will be - I'm a sucker for anything with peanuts and jaggery - where did you invent this from? great idea - great paratha. I think I'll secretly make it for myself for lunch! Shhh...

Oraphan said...

Oh Yum! Your flat bread looks oh so healthy and yummy! It sounds so good with sweet sesame and peanut stuffed, Mmm. I love this simple recipe with a short list of ingredients, FANTASTIC!!!

lata raja said...

Very innovative! interesting filling!

Deepa G Joshi said...

this is my favorite. in marathi we call it gul poli.I will have mine pending in drafts . will be posting soon..nice clicks.

Priya Suresh said...

Such a tempting and delicious stuffed paratha, really healthy and nutritious..thanks for sending to CWS..

Rachana said...

Parathas look delicious!

priya said...

looks so yummy and delicious...very nice presentation!

Veggie Hut said...

Very innovative.. loved the combination of sesame and peanuts!

notyet100 said...

looks yummy,,,new for me,,

Nandinis food said...

Very interesting dishes! I'll have them both!

Spice said...

Nice idea...

Ash said...

Looks tempting.... How I wish I could savor it fearlessly....

Ash...
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

Pari Vasisht said...

Hi. That's a healthy way to make kids eat the nuts and seeds. I am not able to the pic...:-(

Nina said...

This is so interesting and must say a unique recipe.Havent heard abt this stuffing...looks perfect:)

Finla said...

Wowo that is a beautiful and delcious looking parathas.

ruchikacooks said...

Parathas look so bright and golden, sesame balls looks nice too. The stuffing combo is quite new with peanuts and all it should have been yummy. It sounds a bit like poli.

Sayantani said...

when we were kids my Maa used to make this type of sweet paratha. thanks for reminding that will make this for my Son.

Ed Schenk said...

Good and good for you!

Cham said...

Looks and should have tasted great I guess :)

Hayley said...

tempting and healthy paratha..

simplyfood said...

Very interesting and innovative recipe.

Swathi said...

Sadhana and Muskan,

Healthy paratha, nice filling

Siddhi Shirsat said...

wow this sesame parathas luk very tempting...new 2 me, nice innovation...loved the recipe, thy vl surely taste yummmy...

Perspectivemedley said...

What an innovative idea!!.. looks goood:).. thank you:)

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said...

Absolutely delicious combination with peanut stuffed roti and sesame balls..looks yummyyyy:)

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

so creative.nice idea of stuffing the parathats with peanuts.And sesame balls looks awesome.great click

Shri said...

Never heard of this but it looks so good!

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

wow.. this is yummy and healthy. great recipe.

yes you can send in rasam recipe.

 
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