SWEET POTATO JAGGERY PARATHA

Dec 27, 2021
By Mary Anthony
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SWEET POTATO JAGGERY PARATHA / SWEET POTATO PARATHA / SHAKARKAND PARATHA

Just one sweet potato gives you 400% of the vitamin A you need each day. This helps keep your eyes healthy as well as your immune system, your body’s defense against germs.

The high mineral composition of this root veggie makes it a great food for people suffering from lifestyle diseases like blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes to name a few. Eating sweet potato daily can fulfil your body’s need for potassium, which is around 12% approx.

INGREDIENTS

Wheat flour – 2 cup
Melted ghee or oil – 2 tsp
Water as required to knead a soft dough
Salt to taste for dough
Turmeric pwdr – a pinch
Sweet potato – 2 cup of mashed sweet potato
Jaggery grated or chopped – 2 cup [increase or decrease according to the sweetness of sweet potato]
Freshly grated coconut – ½ cup
Cardamom pwdr – a pinch OR nutmeg pwdr – a pinch

PREPARATION

1 – Take the flour + ghee + salt + turmeric in a wide bowl ,mix well and start knead by adding required water .Knead it into a soft and pliable dough.

2 – Cook the sweet potato in a steamer or cooker for 1 – 2 whistle or in a open pan till it becomes soft . [don’t over cook or make it mushy ] Once cooked ,peel the skin and mash it well with a potato masher .[see that there are no lumps ]

3 – Take the jaggery pieces in a pan with water enough to immerse it.Boil it till the jaggery melts completely .strain it to remove the impurities .

METHOD

Take the jaggery syrup in a pan ,place it on medium flame and add the mashed sweet potato and mix well .

Cook till it becomes thick .

Add the grated coconut + cardamom pwdr , mix well and cook for sometime .

Off the flame and allow it to cool.On cooling it will become more thick .

Make small balls from this mixture .

Take the dough and again knead it for sometime till smooth.

Divide it into equal portions [ little bigger than the size of jaggery balls ] and roll it into smooth balls.

Take a ball and pat it into a small circle with hand as seen in the video below or roll it with a rolling pin .

Place the jaggery ball in the centre and bring the edges together in the centre and pinch it.

Flatten it by patting it with hands .

Heat a tava ,and carefully place the paratha on it .

Fry on both sides till golden spots appear by drizzling oil or ghee and gently pressing it with a spatula.

Once done remove it .

Serve hot or at room temperature .

NOTES .

Instead of fresh coconut ,you can use desiccated coconut .
Same way we can make poli also where we add lot of ghee or oil to make the dough made of maida flour – say around ½ cup of ghee or oil for 2 cup of flour ,and after 2 to 3 hrs you will see ghee oozing out of the kneaded dough .I have used this proportion that is why I had to pat it with hands ,else I could have rolled it with rolling pin .Over here while rolling we use more of stuffing and less of dough — that is the dough ball will be smaller than the sweet potato ball .RECIPE – Sweet potato puran poli
Instead of wheat flour ,you can use a combo of maida and wheat. .
You can store it in fridge upto 2 to 3 days. Microwave it when required.
Instead of jaggery you can use powdered sugar ,mix it with the mashed sweet potato.

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