Broccoli Carrot Paratha
Jan 04, 2015, Updated May 09, 2022
Whole Wheat Flatbread stuffed with Broccoli & Carrot. [Vegan]
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Vegan Broccoli Carrot Paratha – Indian flatbread filled with a spicy broccoli and carrot filling!
After all the festivities and sugar overdose during the holidays, it’s now time to eat something healthy and what better than broccoli and carrot the get on track? They are 2 of the healthiest veggies out there and I love to eat them as such but they taste even better when you make a paratha out of them. Parathas are one of my favorite things to eat and I usually have them for breakfast at least 2 times a week. They are filling, healthy and there’s so much you can do with them. They are made using Indian whole wheat flour [atta] and stuffed with anything and everything you can think of. The popular fillings are potatoes, paneer, cauliflower, radish, green peas, lentils etc. Broccoli is definitely not that popular, maybe it is now but growing up broccoli wasn’t readily available so we never actually had broccoli paratha.
I think this is one of the best ways to eat broccoli, my husband who won’t eat broccoli otherwise ate this without any complaint. Now that says a lot. It has to do with the fact that you can hardly recognize/taste broccoli in this paratha. First of all it’s so finely shredded and then you stuff in inside a whole wheat flat-bread. So next time your kid doesn’t want to eat broccoli, you know what to do! The addition of carrot brings in a sweet taste and balances out the flavors perfectly. I used minimal spices here and let the veggies take the spotlight.
These parathas are the perfect start to your day. Filled with veggies, these whole wheat stuffed vegan flatbreads are sure to become your new favorite!
Method
Wash and peel the carrot, chop it into 4-5 pieces. I used a large carrot here, if you have smaller ones use 2. Also wash a small broccoli head and chop it into pieces.
Place the chopped carrot and broccoli into the food processor.
Pulse till the carrot and broccoli are finely shredded. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
In a pan heat 1 teaspoon of oil. Once hot, add cumin and mustard seeds and let it crackle. [Wait till mustard seeds pop else they will taste bitter]
Once the seeds crackle, add the chopped ginger to it. Saute for few seconds till ginger turns light golden in color.
Add the grated broccoli and carrot to the pan and mix. Add red chili powder, cumin powder, dry mango powder, salt and mix. Add the fresh chopped coriander leaves.The filling for the paratha is now ready.
We will now make the dough. In a pan take the whole wheat flour (atta). Add salt, oil and mix.
Add water slowly to the flour mix and knead to form a smooth and soft dough. Cover the dough and let it rest for 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes divide the dough into 4 equal parts.
Take one dough ball and roll it into a circle of around 1/8 inch thickness. Apply little oil all over and then place around 2 tablespoons of filling the center.
Seal the edges from all sides to form a dumpling like shape.
Press to form a flat disc.
Using your rolling pin, roll the stuffed dough [applying equal pressure] again to a circle of around 1/8 inch thickness.
Place the rolled paratha onto a hot griddle on medium-high heat. Cook from one side and then flip the paratha.
Apply 1/4 teaspoon oil [or butter or ghee] on the cooked side. Flip again and now apply oil on the other side as well. Press paratha from both sides, it’s done when it appears all cooked and you can see light golden brown spots all over. Repeat the same steps with the remaining 3 dough balls.
Serve broccoli carrot paratha hot with yogurt, pickle or any curry of your choice.
* I toasted the parathas using vegetable oil and hence this is a vegan recipe. You can toast the parathas using butter or ghee (everyone’s favorite in India)!
Broccoli Carrot Paratha
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 cup whole wheat flour atta
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- water as needed to knead the dough
Filling
- 1 small broccoli head
- 1 carrot large
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil some more to cook the paratha
- ⅛ teaspoon red chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon cumin powder
- ⅛ teaspoon dried mango powder [amchur]
- ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds
- ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon fresh ginger chopped
- 1 tablespoon cilantro or coriander leaves chopped
- salt to taste
Instructions
Make the filling
- Wash and peel the carrot, chop it into 4-5 pieces. I used a large carrot here, if you have small ones use 2. Also wash a small broccoli head and chop it into pieces.
- Place the chopped carrot and broccoli into the food processor.
- Pulse till the carrot and broccoli are finely shredded. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
- In a pan heat 1 teaspoon of oil. Once hot, add cumin and mustard seeds and let it crackle.
- Once the seeds crackle, add the chopped ginger to it. Saute for few seconds till ginger turns light golden in color.
- Add the grated broccoli and carrot to the pan and mix.
- Add red chili powder, cumin powder, dry mango powder, salt and mix.
- Add the fresh chopped coriander leaves.The filling for the paratha is now ready.
Make the dough
- In a pan take the whole wheat flour (atta). Add salt, oil and mix.
- Add water slowly to the flour mix and knead to form a smooth and soft dough. Cover the dough and let it rest for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes divide the dough into 4 equal parts.
Make the paratha
- Take one dough ball and roll it into a circle of around 1/8 inch thickness. Apply little oil all over and then place around 2 tablespoons of filling the center.
- Seal the edges from all sides to form a dumpling like shape and then press to form a flat disc.
- Using your rolling pin, roll the stuffed dough again to a circle of around 1/8 inch thickness.
- Place the rolled paratha onto a hot griddle on medium-high heat.
- Cook from one side and then flip the paratha.
- Apply 1/4 teaspoon oil [or butter or ghee] on the cooked side.
- Flip again and now apply oil on the other side as well.
- Press paratha from both sides, it's done when it appears all cooked and you can see light golden brown spots all over.
- Repeat the same steps with the remaining 3 dough balls.
- Serve parathas hot with yogurt, pickle or any curry of your choice.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Broccoli Carrot Paratha
Made this today and we all loved it. Thankyou Manali 🙂
Welcome!
Do you have any idea of the calorie count in these ? By the way my friend and made these using carrot, cauliflower stems, and a mild green pepper . They were delicious! My bag of atta flour does not say whole wheat … Are there different types of atta flour ?
Hello Julia! I am glad you liked these. I am not sure about the calorie count, you can paste the recipe in those online calorie count calculators and I think that should give you an idea. Also if you want to reduce the calories, use less oil while toasting the paratha. You can read more about atta here — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atta_flour Hope that helps!
Manali – These parathas sound wonderful! I have been looking for a paratha recipe and so glad I (stalked your site) and found this 🙂
Oh – do you think it would be ok if I used besan flour?
Glad you like the recipe Shashi! The only problem with besan flour is that it will not roll well like wheat flour does and you need that for paratha…you can probably use little of it…try and let me know 🙂
Manali, this looks really good, it would be perfect for lunch right now. I need some veggies in my life after all the holiday feasts!
Oh yes we need all the veggies after the holidays, Thanks Trang!
Thank you Marcie, indeed these make for a great lunch!
I think he might just like it, give a shot!
You must Thalia!
Thank you Sarah for the photo love! I didn’t like them but you sure made me feel better! 🙂
Yes it’s indeed a good way to make your kid eat some veggies Stacey!
Aww man, you got sick? I was wondering where you had disappeared…heading to your blog now! Hope you are feeling better now!
Wow what an amazing idea!! I love flatbread of all kinds, especially homemade, and I love that you stuffed them. This is seriously such a great idea.
Thanks Jessica! It’s super simple to make, get Indian whole wheat flour from any Indian/Asian grocery store and you are set to make these at home!
what an interesting recipe! sounds delicious!
Thank you!
haha…then you must make parathas! good way to make him eat veggies!
Hope you give this a try Pamela!
Thanks Mira! Oh yes I want to get stronger in 2015! let’s hope we succeed!
Thank you Jen! 🙂
Thank you Angie, yes they would go very well with soup!
Thanks Connie, hope to give it a try!
I just LOVE paratha. How about I supply the ingredients and the kitchen, and you supply the perfect bread-making technique? 🙂
I would love to do that Sarah! 🙂
This sounds so amazing! Loving the flavours, another recipe I need to try out! 😀
Thanks Jess!
Thanks Savita! Yes it’s a good way to eat those veggies 🙂
I have a very small space in my kitchen that would mean making a dough, would there be an alternative or the like available in an Indian store? Thank you, Manali.
Hi there! This recipe calls for a very small amount of dough, just 1 cup of flour so maybe you can make it in your kitchen 🙂 In Indian stores, we do get frozen rolled uncooked roti/chapatis. I have seen this brand in stores – Rotiland http://www.circlefoods.com/our-brands/rotiland . I have never tried making parathas with them but you can try those. Thaw and then put the filling in the center and then roll into a circle again. Cook with oil/butter till you see light golden brown spots on both sides. I hope this helps!