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Methi & Mooli Paratha made with Radish & Fenugreek Leaves is a quick and healthy breakfast without any need for side accompaniment and can do well with curd and pickle. It makes for an ideal snack or best finger food option for babies starting to eat themselves post 8 months. It is lightly seasoned with spices and makes a wholesome dish. They can also be packed for lunch, or even a longer trip.

Mooli/Radish is a root vegetable with immense benefits to offer to babies and kids. Mooli helps beat cold and cough helps recover from jaundice, fights constipation, and boosts immunity. Methi or Fenugreek Leaves are wonder herbs valued for their medicinal qualities rich in antioxidants and help in improving appetite. It helps in digestion and is also beneficial for lactating mothers.

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Methi & Mooli Paratha

Methi & Mooli Paratha

Methi & Mooli Paratha made with Radish & Fenugreek Leaves is a quick and healthy breakfast without any need for side accompaniment and can do well with curd and pickle. It makes for an ideal snack or best finger food option for babies starting to eat themselves post 8 months. It is lightly seasoned with spices and makes a wholesome dish. They can also be packed for lunch, or even a longer trip.

Author:Kavitha Prashanth
Recipe Type: Breakfast
Cuisine:Indian

Ingredients

  1. Radish/ Mooli - 3
  2. Methi/ Fenugreek Leaves - 1 bunch
  3. Ajwain - 1 tsp
  4. Wheat flour - 2 ½ cups
  5. Turmeric powder - 1tsp
  6. Chilli powder –2 tsp
  7. Garam Masala – 1 tsp
  8. Salt – as needed
  9. Oil - to fry

Method

  1. Take grated radish and finely chopped fresh methi leaves in 2 separate bowls. Squeeze out the juice from grated radish to a bowl and keep it aside.
  2. To the pan add squeezed radish and save the water for kneading the dough.
  3. To the pan with squeezed radish add chopped methi or fenugreek leaves followed by few spoons of oil.
  4. Fry well for about 2 to 3 minutes until the raw smell from the radish and methi goes off. To this add carom seeds, it helps in easier digestion and also enhances the taste.
  5. To this mixture add spices like Turmeric powder, Chilli powder, and Garam masala powder followed by salt as per the taste, and mix well. Skip the salt for babies below a year and make a separate dough for them.
  6. Continue to cook for another 2 minutes until the mixture turns mushy, and transfer it to a plate and allow it to cool.
  7. Take a bowl with mooli/ radish juice, add wheat flour and mooli methi masala and form a dough. Add a little water if needed while preparing the dough and rest for 5 - 10 minutes.
  8. After the specified time roll out thin Parathas and cook it on low flame.
  9. On a medium heated Tawa place, the rolled out paratha Add ghee/oil on both sides to cook.
  10. Cook with additional ghee or oil if needed and take it to a plate. MoolimethiParatha is ready to be served.

Note:

  • Ensure that you do not overcook the Mooli Masala Mix.
  • Grated Mooli Juice was enough for me to make a dough. Add very little water if required.
  • As we have already cooked the mixture in oil, the dough wouldn’t need additional oil.

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Methi & Mooli Paratha

Method of preparing Methi and Mooli Paratha 

1. Take grated radish and finely chopped fresh methi leaves in 2 separate bowls. Squeeze out the juice from grated radish to a bowl and keep it aside.

Methi Mooli Paratha Mooli Paratha Methi Paratha Radish Paratha Fenugreek leaves paratha 10 months baby food recipe homemade paratha healthy paratha for the whole family breakfast recipes best food for lactating mother paratha for lactating mothers

2. To the pan add squeezed radish and save the water for kneading the dough.

Methi Mooli Paratha Mooli Paratha Methi Paratha Radish Paratha Fenugreek leaves paratha 10 months baby food recipe homemade paratha healthy paratha for the whole family breakfast recipes best food for lactating mother paratha for lactating mothers

3. To the pan with squeezed radish add chopped methi or fenugreek leaves followed by few spoons of oil.

Methi Mooli Paratha Mooli Paratha Methi Paratha Radish Paratha Fenugreek leaves paratha 10 months baby food recipe homemade paratha healthy paratha for the whole family breakfast recipes best food for lactating mother paratha for lactating mothers

4. Fry well for about 2 to 3 minutes until the raw smell from the radish and methi goes off. To this add carom seeds, it helps in easier digestion and also enhances the taste.

Methi Mooli Paratha Mooli Paratha Methi Paratha Radish Paratha Fenugreek leaves paratha 10 months baby food recipe homemade paratha healthy paratha for the whole family breakfast recipes best food for lactating mother paratha for lactating mothers

5. To this mixture add spices like Turmeric powder, Chilli powder, and Garam masala powder followed by salt as per the taste, and mix well. Skip the salt for babies below a year and make a separate dough for them.

Methi Mooli Paratha Mooli Paratha Methi Paratha Radish Paratha Fenugreek leaves paratha 10 months baby food recipe homemade paratha healthy paratha for the whole family breakfast recipes best food for lactating mother paratha for lactating mothers

6. Continue to cook for another 2 minutes until the mixture turns mushy, and transfer it to a plate and allow it to cool.

Methi Mooli Paratha Mooli Paratha Methi Paratha Radish Paratha Fenugreek leaves paratha 10 months baby food recipe homemade paratha healthy paratha for the whole family breakfast recipes best food for lactating mother paratha for lactating mothers

7. Take a bowl with mooli/ radish juice, add wheat flour and mooli methi masala and form a dough. Add a little water if needed while preparing the dough and rest for 5 – 10 minutes.

Methi Mooli Paratha Mooli Paratha Methi Paratha Radish Paratha Fenugreek leaves paratha 10 months baby food recipe homemade paratha healthy paratha for the whole family breakfast recipes best food for lactating mother paratha for lactating mothers

8. After the specified time roll out thin Parathas and cook it on low flame.

Methi Mooli Paratha Mooli Paratha Methi Paratha Radish Paratha Fenugreek leaves paratha 10 months baby food recipe homemade paratha healthy paratha for the whole family breakfast recipes best food for lactating mother paratha for lactating mothers

9. On a medium heated tawa place, the rolled out paratha Add ghee/oil on both sides to cook.

Methi Mooli Paratha Mooli Paratha Methi Paratha Radish Paratha Fenugreek leaves paratha 10 months baby food recipe homemade paratha healthy paratha for the whole family breakfast recipes best food for lactating mother paratha for lactating mothers

10. Cook with additional ghee or oil if needed and take it to a plate. MoolimethiParatha is ready to be served.

Methi Mooli Paratha Mooli Paratha Methi Paratha Radish Paratha Fenugreek leaves paratha 10 months baby food recipe homemade paratha healthy paratha for the whole family breakfast recipes best food for lactating mother paratha for lactating mothers

Note:

• Ensure that you do not overcook the Mooli Masala Mix.

• Grated Mooli Juice was enough for me to make a dough. Add very little water if required.

• As we have already cooked the mixture in oil, the dough wouldn’t need additional oil.

Methi & Mooli Paratha

Methi Mooli Paratha Mooli Paratha Methi Paratha Radish Paratha Fenugreek leaves paratha 10 months baby food recipe homemade paratha healthy paratha for the whole family breakfast recipes best food for lactating mother paratha for lactating mothers

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