Mooli Paratha (Radish/Daikon Paratha)

I consider mooli paratha as one of the tastiest and healthiest parathas. It was a struggle to get it right initially but after some practice I am a pro at it now :) I will try to make it easy for you as well. Mooli/Radish is a unique root vegetable that has a pungent-ness to its taste. I have already added a radish leaves pachadi/salad to my blog, which is a healthy side dish. Here while making parathas, the grated white radish root part is used. I think stuffing veggies in parathas is a smart and sneaky way to get veggies that we don't like in our system :) Our ancestors were smart :)
Let's get to the recipe:

MOOLI PARATHA WITH YOGURT AND MANGO PICKLE

Ingredients:
To make Stuffing:

• 1 & 1/2 cup Mooli (Radish) grated
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds (jeera)
• 2 tbsp cilantro chopped
• 1 tsp mango powder (amchur)
• 2 green chillies chopped (safe option for kids, use 1 tsp red chilly pwd)
• 1/4th tsp carrom seeds (ajwain)
• salt to taste
• pinch asafoetida (hing)

To make Paratha Dough:

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• salt as per taste
• 2 tsp oil

Preparation:

• Grate the mooli (radish) and squeeze out all the water and reserve it to make a dough.
• Mix all the other ingredients under stuffing and make a mooli stuffing mixture.*
• In a mixing bowl, add wheat flour, salt, oil and mix it with your fingers. Now add the water reserved from mooli little by little and make a soft dough. Keep aside for 15 minutes.
• To make paratha, make lemon size balls from dough and roll out into disc (about 3-4 inches). 
• Place about 2 to 3 tsp mooli stuffing into the centre of the disc. Now pick up edges from all sides and bring it to centre to seal the ball. Press slightly and then gently roll out a paratha. Dust the paratha with wheat flour while rolling out.
• Heat a tava/flat frying pan, transfer the rolled out paratha. Now apply some oil and cook on med-high flame from both the sides by gently pressing with a spatula till it is golden and crisp. 
• After a couple of minutes, the paratha color changes to nice brown shade.
• Serve hot with yogurt, pickles or chutney.

njoY!! happY cookinG!!

Notes:*If the mooli mixture has more moisture content, your parathas may break while you roll. See to it that you squeeze out all the moisture. Many recipes also call for cooking the mooli first, I personally prefer to use raw grated mooli stuffing. You can also add chopped mooli leaves into the mixture instead of cilantro.

Nutrition Fact: Mooli/Radish is helpful in the prevention of cancer as well as fighting against cancer. It is high in antioxidants and fibre. Helps to fight constipation. They are diuretic in nature helping to improve the health of kidney by flushing out toxins through urine regularly. It is high in potassium and low in sodium and therefore, helps in regulating blood pressure. Studies show that it is helpful in asthma too.