Lasooni Palak Phulka

Green chapathi as it is lovingly named by my kids, this chapathi is very nutritious also. I added garlic to this recipe, but one can omit and ginger can be used instead of garlic.

Ingredients :

1 cup spinach leaves ( washed )
2 cloves garlic
3 - 4 green chillies
2 cups whole wheat flour
Salt to taste
water to knead and grind

Method :

1. Grind the spinach, garlic, green chillies with little water into a smooth paste.
2. Add this paste to the wheat flour and some salt and knead into a soft chapathi dough. If you find the dough to be watery, then add little more wheat flour and knead / if the dough is very hard, then add some water. Keep in the fridge for 15 minutes or so for the flavours of the spinach and the garlic to blend with the flour.
3. Remove from fridge and make small balls out of the dough and roll out into chapathis.



4. On a medium hot tava, put one rolled out chapathi and cook on one side till half done.




5. Flip over and cook till the other side has brown spots on it.

6. Remove the chapati from the tava and put the undercooked side over direct flame and puff up the phulka. ( In case of coil stove or glass stove top , use a splatter screen to put the phulka over direct flame or heat ) ( See the fig. )




7. Smear with ghee and serve hot with any side dish or with curd and pickle.

Splatter screens can be found in Wal-Mart, Target, K-mart, Bed Bath & Beyond and any store in the US which has household things.




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