Fry
by: Sumayya Usmani
May14,2018
5
1 Ratings
- Prep time 45 minutes
- Cook time 30 minutes
- Makes 6 or more
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Author Notes
This flatbread is enriched with ghee (clarified butter) and filled with spicy, herbed ground beef. My mother and I would make it during Ramadan. The filling parathas kept me full throughout the days of my fast. —Sumayya Usmani
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What You'll Need
Ingredients
- For the filling:
- 2 tablespoonsvegetable oil
- 1 small red onion, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoongrated ginger
- 1 teaspooncrushed garlic
- 2 tablespoonsfresh cilantro leaves, chopped finely
- 1/2 inch cinnamon stick
- 1 star anise
- 1 teaspooncumin seeds, dry roasted and ground
- 1/2 teaspooncayenne pepper
- 1 pinchsalt, to taste
- 1 tablespoontomato puree
- 1 1/2 cupsground beef
- 1 small hot green chile, thinly sliced
- 6 or 7 mint leaves, chopped finely
- 1 tablespoondill leaves, chopped finely
- For the paratha dough:
- 2 cupsall-purpose flour
- 1/2 cupwhole-wheat flour
- 1/2 teaspoonsea salt
- 2 tablespoonsoil or ghee, for frying
- 1 handfulflour, for dusting
Directions
- First make the minced beef filling: Heat the oil add the chopped onion, ginger, and garlic. Fry until it's light brown and the raw smell of the garlic disappears. Add all the whole spices and then stir, then add the ground spices.
- Add the tomato puree and fry for a few seconds. Add a few splashes of water to ensure it doesn’t burn or stick to the pan.
- Now add the ground beef. Mix well and cook on medium heat, stirring constantly until the water has evaporated and the ground beef is brown. Once cooked, add all the fresh herbs and chile. Keep aside. Take out whole spices before adding to paratha.
- Make the paratha: Prepare the paratha dough by adding the flours and salt in a mixing bowl, slowly add tepid water until the flour comes together. Knead on a floured surface until you have a soft dough. Place the dough back in the bowl and pour a little oil over the dough. Rub it all over the dough to avoid it getting stuck to the bowl. Cover and let it rest for 15 minutes.
- To fill them, take a tennis ball size of dough, roll out into a small circle with the help of some flour on your work surface. The middle part should be thicker than the outer part. Place about 2 tbsp of keema filling and bring together all the sides in the centre and seal tightly, but gently. Flatten slightly with your hands and then roll out the filled dough into a flat paratha while dusting the dough with dry flour. The paratha should be about 1-2 mm thin and round.
- Heat a non-stick pancake pan or griddle and fry the paratha on either side, using little ghee/oil/butter. Cook each side until light brown on either side (about 5-6 minutes, pressing down the sides with a spatula all the time). Serve hot with yogurt or mint chutney.
Tags:
- Flatbread
- Bread
- Sandwich
- American
- Mint
- Beef
- Vegetable
- Ground Beef
- Grains
- Make Ahead
- Fry
- Ramadan
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Sumayya is a food writer and cookery teacher who grew up in Pakistan, but has now found home in Glasgow. Sumayya is passionate about sharing the flavours of her homeland with a view to highlight Pakistani cuisine as a distinct one. The author or two cookbooks: Summers Under The Tamarind Tree (Frances Lincoln) and Mountain Berries and Desert Spice (Frances Lincoln, out April 2017), her writing reminisces about food and memories growing up in Pakistan. She writes for many publications, appears on television, and co-presents BBC Kitchen Cafe weekly, on BBC Radio Scotland.
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CFrance May 20, 2018
In the text of your wonderful article, you talked about your mother buying lamb closer to ramazan. Were the keema parathas ever made with ground lamb? It seems like lamb would go very well with the spices listed. Either way, this sounds delicious.
David C. May 16, 2018
This sounds awesome, although rolling it so thin without leaking may be challenging, I'm excited to try it!
Shalini May 16, 2018
This really sounds so delicious. Paratha stuffed with keema!
