We had some guests last night for dinner; one of our family friend’s daughter is getting married. We celebrated her engagement earlier with Chaats.Now for the pre-wedding dinner (this is called ‘Kelvan’ in Marathi) I wanted to make something substantial yet different. Also there were two grandmothers coming, so I had to plan something accordingly.
This was the time I felt the need for a ‘Menu Planner’ website! You feed what you need;
Prewedding dinner+substantial+Something different+2 grandmothers and press Search!
And then automatically you get the planned Menu:
Veggie stuffed spinach parathas
Boondi Raita
Tricolored Penne pasta
Mushroom fried rice
Fruit Salad with Raspberyy Jelly and Custard
(Anytakers for such a website??)
Yes that’s the spread that I cooked finally. It’s really a spread since it spans cuisines from many countries! Indian to Italian to Chinese. As you can see I did not follow any theme! But they loved it!J
I will post the recipes one–by-one as and when I can.__________________________________________________________
Veggie stuffed Spinach parathas recipe
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(You have to excuse the poor photos. I had to click them before the guests arrived and after slogging in the kitchen for the whole evening I was too tired to take extra efforts!)
For the cover:
- 1 bunch Spinach / Palak
- ~ 2 xbd cups Wheat Flour
- 1 tsp chilly green paste
- 1 tsp cumene powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- to taste Salt
- 3/4 cauliflower thcup florets
- 3/4 Carrots thcup finely grated
- 3/4 thcup French beand finely chopped
- 3 Potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed
- xbd cup Paneer (cottage cheese) grated
- Handful coriander leaves of fresh green finely chopped
- 2 tsp ginger chilly -green paste
- to taste Salt
- Oil/butter for frying the parathas
- x86For the cover:
- x86Clean and Wash the Spinach leaves thoroughly. Keep the stems as much as possible. Blanch the Spinach leaves; Bring about 2 cups of water to a boil. Add a pinch of sugar and little salt. Add the spinach leaves and cook uncovered for ~5-8 minutes. Strain the water (donu2019t discard the water) and immediately add the cooked spinach to cold water. This helps to retain the green color of the spinach. Alternatively you can blanch the spinach in the Microwave.Puree the blanched spinach.
- x86In a wide bowl add the wheat flour, spinach puree and all the ingredients for the cover.
- x86Knead into a soft lovely green dough ball. Add water if necessary.
- x86Divide the dough into lemon sized balls. Keep aside covered for xbd an hour.
- x86I used Nupuru2019s tip for cooking potatoes in the microwave with excellent results! Specially if you want no moisture in the potatoes for parathas follow this simple method: Wash the potatoes and prick them all over with a fork.Microwave on the turn table for 3 minutes. Turn them and microwave for another 2-3 minutes.(The time required may vary) Thatu2019s it. Peel and mash the cooked potatoes.
- x86Cut the cauliflower florets finely or as I did spin them in the Food processor once to have really fine florets!
- x86I did the same with the French beans.
- x86In a non stick pan dry cook the cauliflower and beans. Try and remove moisture as far as possible.
- x86Add the carrots and cook for a few more minutes.
- x86Cook till the veggies become a little tender.
- x86Mix all the ingredients for the stuffing.
- x86Flatten the dough ball into small thin circle.Stuff with as much stuffing as you can.
- x86Bring together the cover from all the sides to the center, seal tightly and roll out into thin round discs, using wheat flour for dusting.
- x86Cook on a hot griddle/tava, using a little oil/butter, until both sides are golden brown.
- x86Repeat with the remaining dough and stuffing.
Serve hot with Raita, Pickle or Chutney.
What a gorgeous color. Bet ya this looks great with pretty much anything on the plate. yum.
@ Thanks Zuzanka 🙂
Love your multicultural kelvan menu. Your guests are lucky!
@ Thanks Nupur
What a different menu, bet any guest would love it, the paranthas are great, healthy too.
@ Thanks Bindiya
What an elaborate menu! I am sure everybody was very pleased.
I liked your paratha and will try it on my toddler 🙂
I like your idea of Menu Planner 🙂 We need something like that all the time.
@ Yes it would be so much easier with a Menu Planner
hey i can see spinach flying around in few blogs this weekend, amazing parathas!!!
@ Hey I noticed that too.As some ‘Spinach event ‘was going on 🙂
This is definitely a power paratha. Look at that rich green colour!
@ Yes All veggies masked in one delicious paratha!
beautiful colour you have got… 🙂
@ Thanks priya.
Green color for the healthy food.
@ Yes very tempting isn’t it?
this is a wonderful recipe. i wish i was your neighbour. i’d keep organising events to get you to cook for me 😀
@ 🙂 Bee I would love that. Then I would get all the produce from your lovely garden too!
The parathas are looking absolutely delicious. I still have to try with this wonderful bread. Never made them at home.
@:)
lovely colour… I will make this with some leftover palak paneer 🙂
@ That’s a nice idea. Let me know how you like them
Very healthy and tasty looking parathas Madhuli
Thgose Parathas are a meal by themselves, don’t need anything else
@ Yes sandeepa specially good for fussy eaters 🙂
These parathas look so lovely and nutritious. I am going to try them soon.
Tumcha blog khup aavdala… :)saglyach recipes ekdum sahi aahet! dhanyawad evdhya chan chan receipes tumhi post kelyabadal 🙂
dry cook mhanje nakki kaay karaych pan gheun?? me hallich kitchen madhe jayla lagley! please help me out 🙂 Thanks.