Posted On: August 6, 2018
Sattu Ka Paratha ( A protein rich indian flatbread)
Are you a vegetarian and looking for healthy preparations, which are full of protein and also tasty to eat?? then this Sattu ka Paratha is your answer. Sattu for the uninitiated is roasted channa dal powder and it packs a power punch with regards to protein in our diet.
When Priya Suresh from Priya’s Versatile Recipes, gave me sattu ka atta and green chillies as my secret ingredients, i was stumped. I never realised that sattu ka atta was nothing but roasted channa dal ??? silly of me ..i went to the store and bought it :D. Anyways i started to look out for recipes which use this combination and came upon Sattu Ka Paratha.
Since this recipe is used in Jharkhand..i thought let me write a little bit about one of our newer and younger state. Jharkhand came into existence in November 2000, after it was shaped from the southern part of Bihar. Though relatively a small state, Jharkhand is known to have more than 40% of mineral reserves of India.
Coming back to Sattu Ka Paratha, one can either buy the powder ready made from a store (like i did) or one can dry roast channa dal and powder it. For vegetarians getting protein into diet is not easy, we get our proteins from lentils, tofu and some diary products. This sattu ( roasted gram flour) is an excellent protein addition to our food. In our house we also use this powder to different dry curries, chutneys, or chutney powder. Did you know that this powder is also used by many a households to make ganji or malt powder to be mixed with milk. There is another very simple way to eat this…mix the sattu ka powder with some ghee and some sugar and that’s it…eat it as a desert…it tastes yumm..
I made this Sattu ka Paratha for Ssshhh Cooking Secretly Challenge.
| Prep Time | 30 minutes |
| Cook Time | 20 -25 minutes |
| Servings |
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- 3 cups Whole wheat flour
- 1 cup warm water
- 1.5 cups sattu ka atta (roasted gram flour)
- 2 nos Finely chopped onions
- 3-4 nos finely chopped green chillies
- 1 inch finely chopped ginger
- 6-7 nos Garlic cloves (finely chopped)
- 1.5 tsp kalonji seeds (onion seeds)
- 2 tbsp Dhania leaves (finely chopped0
- 1 tsp jeera seeds
- 1 tsp Oil (traditionally mustard oil is used)
- 2 tsp mango pickle
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- Salt (according to taste)
Ingredients
For the dough
For the filling
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- Form a soft dough with the given ingredients and let it rest covered in a warm place for 20 - 25 minutes
- Filling - add the oil to the sattu ka atta and rub it through so that the oil get equally mixed in the flour
- add rest of the ingredients to the sattu ka atta and mix well
- If the filling mixture feels too dry, add a little water to bring it all together
- Dough- equally portion the dough into 9 - 10 small balls
- Flatten the balls in your hand and add about 1 - 2 tbsp of the filling and close the dough edges to form a ball
- Rinse this ball in flour and make round flat bread ( like rotis or parathas)
- Heat a tava / skillet and add the paratha to it
- Once one side gets a little brown color, flip it it and cook the other side
- Add oil on both sides to get a nice brown colour on both sides.
- Repeat the process with the rest of the balls and filling.
- Serve hot with pickle or curd...we had it with rajma sabzi and curd
I love sattu ka paratha! Yours looks so soft, perfect and yummy. 🙂
Thank you priya 😊
Sattu parathas are so delcious and make a good breakfast meal or serve them with a curry for lunch or dinner. I hadn’t heard of sattu till I got introduced to it by my samdhan a couple of years back.
I hadn’t heard of them till this challenge 😀
Yummy and healthy paratha, good for kids and adults alike. Paratha looks cooked perfectly.
Thank you renu
I love love sattu weather it is paratha sharbat, litti or any other dishes. Your looks so delicious. Superb share.
Got to try litti soon 😊
And me too. Yet to try it at home 😊
Never tried out anything with sattu.. will try out this paratha for sure.
Your Sattu Paratha looks perfect and the spices you have used must lend it a lovely flavour. I use Sattu a lot as a source of protein.
An ideal breakfast option. Sattu is a wonder ingredient and glad you turned it into a wholesome breakfast option with delish accompaniments.
Nice to have a recipe for a different type of paratha. This one looks delicious and I can’t wait to try it out for myself.
Sattu Ka paratha looks absolutely delicious and interesting one na. Well done Priya, those parathas came out extremely prefect.