DEEP Aloo Paratha
You have to be careful with the frozen breads.
Sometimes they’re pretty good, but the bad ones are BAD.
Fortunately, DEEP brand aloo parathas are pretty darn tasty. I was introduced to them by my Hindi tutor, who made a few for lunch one day and told me they were the best frozen parathas she’d tasted. And once I tried them, I was hooked.
Aloo parathas are basically an Indian flatbread, stuffed with mashed potatoes and spices. According to Wikipedia, “Paratha is an amalgamation of the words parat (Hindi: परत) and atta (Hindi: आटा) which literally means layers of cooked flour.” There’s your fun India Fact of the day.
To cook them, you simply heat up a frying pan – without oil – on a pretty high heat for a few minutes, then take a frozen paratha out, place it on the skillet and cook for a few minutes on each side. Eat with your hands, dipping in yogurt, or Indian pickle, if you want.
These are great for a light lunch or a snack.
I’ve tried the other types of DEEP parathas, too (they make many kinds, including radish, fenugreek and cheese) and some are tasty, but the potato ones take the proverbial cake.
There are no sketchy ingredients in these parathas, either: Potatoes, wheat flour, water, corn oil, spices, salt, green chili, ginger, mint leaves, citric acid and fennel seeds. Each paratha has 265 calories and 9 grams of fat – so, you know, you don’t want to live off of them or anything, but they’re OK.
Each package contains four parathas and typically sells for somewhere between $2.50 and $3.
Have you ever tried eating your Aloo Parathas, using Maggi Hot and Sweet Sauce (available at any Indian grocery) as a dipping sauce for dunking the pieces of Paratha ?
Insanely Delicious !
Chris, yes! My husband adores Maggi Hot and Sweet sauce on just about anything and likes it on his parathas. I’m actually not a big fan of the sauce — I’m not sure what it is about it, maybe it reminds me a bit too much of ketchup or something? But we always have to have it in our house because it’s definitely his condiment of choice.
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