Great dish by itself, inspired by Richa’s Sweet Potato Parathas. Sweet potatoes are high in beta carotene and a fibrous and nutritious vegetable. The soft nature of this paratha, makes it’s a great snack for children as young as 10 months. I have fallen in love with these parathas. Adding cabbage to the parathas makes it extra delicious, soft and crispy as well. Excellent wholesome meal for children and a snack for school. Can be served to children over 10 months of age or children who have attained the ability to chew well.

Makes: 6-8 parathas

Cooking time: approximately 2 minutes per paratha

Preparation Time: 5 minutes kneading of dough

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup cooked and mashed sweet potato. See Cooking Vegetables
• ½ cup finely chopped cabbage
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
• ½ teaspoon cumin powder
• 1 teaspoon chopped green chillies (be caution, if serving children, this can be avoided)
• Ghee for cooking parathas (you could use butter or oil as well)

Method

Add flour, sweet potatoes, cabbage and salt in a large bowl and knead to make soft, pliable dough. Add little water about 1 tablespoon if required to make the dough smooth.

The dough will be soft and non sticky.

Make lemon sized balls and roll them out thin to approximately 6 inches in diameter. Note tossing the dough in dry flour while rolling will prevent it from getting sticky when rolling them out.

Put the rolled parathas on the medium hot skillet. Cook for about ½ a minute, flip over and add 1 teaspoon of ghee in and around the paratha.

Lightly press the parathas while on the skillet so the dough gets cooked further from the inside as well.

Flip and cook the other side for about ½ a minute. Cook until light golden spots appear on the parathas.

Serve with a lemon pickle or pickle of your choice and yogurt.

Children can savor it with a cup of yogurt/roll it up with honey or any other favorite accompaniment.

Note

Care should be taken when feeding children over 8 months. Monitor their chewing ability then offer to them.

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