Lachedaar Parantha

Ingredients:

• 2 cups wheat flour
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tsp ghee
• salt

Method:

1. Combine all the dry ingredients for the dough. Add water, ghee and form a smooth dough. Add more water if required for the dough. Cover the dough and keep aside for 15 minutes.
2. Take a medium sized ball of dough. Roll it into 5-6 inch diameter disc on a dusted rolling board.
3. Apply ghee on the paratha disc.From the edge fold the paratha.
4. Again keep on folding it. Do this till you come to the end.
5. Apply slight pressure and roll the folded dough with your fingers till the length of the roll increases.
6. Take the folded roll and encircle it.
7. Join the edge of the roll to the center of the circle and press it. Now roll into parathas.Heat the tava. Place the paratha on the tava.
8. Turn the paratha when one side is partly cooked. Apply ghee on this side. Fry for a minute.
9. Now turn again and apply ghee on the other side.
10. Flip again for a couple of times, till the parathas are browned evenly and well cooked.Press the sides with the spatula while frying the parathas.
11. Alternatively, you could also add some ghee on the tava and then fry the lachedar parathas.
12. Serve the parathas hot with any curried vegetable or paneer dish.