Ajwain Paratha - quick and easy dinner option

Ajwain option -  quick easy and immunity boosting recipe 

Quantity - makes 5 regular sized parathas

Ingredients- 

Whole wheat aata - 2 cups
Ajwain - 1 tsp
Salt - as per taste
Home made ghee - for roasting
Water - for making dough

Procedure -

1. Take a parat and add whole wheat flour to it . To this add ajwain and mix it nicely . Also add salt
2. Now using warm water , make a soft dough . Knead nicely to ensure dough is soft to roll into parathas .
3. Heat a tawa to roast the paratha and keep ghee handy to include while rolling the paratha .
4. There are various ways of rolling paratha - can make into a triangle shape , can cut along radius of a small aata circle and roll into layers , can make fan layers etc . 
5. I have tried various methods and fan layers rolled into pinwheel is my personal favorite .For this , take a small portion of dough and roll into a medium size circle . Apply ghee to this small circle . Now start folding from one side of circle like making a craft fan . Once entire circle is folded , make a pinwheel with the folded layers and tuck the open end into this circle . Take dry aata and now roll this circle into a regular sized paratha circle .
6. Roast from one side and then flip to roast from other . Add ghee to both sides . Ghee is very essential ingredient of this paratha and makes its soft . 
7. Once it is nicely roasted from both sides , remove from tawa 

Serve hot with ghee on top and homemade pickle on side . Or you can simply eat it with chai :)

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