Palak Paratha/ Roti

INGREDIENTS

• 1.5 - 2 Cups Wheat Flour /Atta
• 200gm Palak/ Spinach Leaves
• 1 Tspn Ajwain/ Carom Seeds
• 1/2" Ginger 
• 1-2 Green Chilly, or as per taste
• Salt, as per taste
• Ghee (optional)

METHOD

• Rinse the palak well. Drain out all the water. Chop the spinach roughly.
• Blend the spinach, ginger and green chilly to a fine paste. Add very little water if required.
• In a mixing bowl, add the flour and the spinach paste. Add the ajwain and salt. Knead and make a soft dough. Cover and let it sit for 15minutes.
• Pinch out 1" dia balls out of the dough and roll into chapati shapes. Heat a tawa and cook this chapati on both sides. Cook on one side till small brownish spots appear, then flip and repeat. Palak roti is ready !!
• In case of palak paratha, add 1 tspn ghee to the atta mix before kneading. And, apply ghee on the paratha while it is cooking on the tawa. Palak paratha will be ready !
• Goes very well with curd as well as tomato ketchup. Turns out so yummy that it can be eaten by itself alone !!