parota recipe | How to make easy layered parota
By Latha on Nov 22nd, 2019
Parota recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. This is an easy layered parota recipe prepared using maida flour, salt, oil and water. This recipe is originally from Kerala. And this is how plain maida parotas are prepared in Kerala hotel. However you can prepare this parota using wheat flour also.
This is a hotel style plain paratha or parota. And is prepared using maida. But if you want to avoid maida in your diet, then check this wheat flour layered parota recipe. If you are looking for more parota or paratha recipes then do check our methi paratha or menthe soppina parota, radish paratha, palak paratha, rava stuffed paratha, aloo paratha and aloo-carrot stuffed paratha recipes.
I have made a video on this parota recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 1 hour
Cooking time: 10 min
Serves: 4 no
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1 cup maida flour
- Salt as per your taste
- 4 tbsp oil
Instructions for making hotel style plain paratha or kerala style parota:
- Take maida and salt in a wide bowl.
- Next add in water little by little and start kneading the dough.
- Knead it into a soft but stiff dough. At the end add in 2 tbsp of oil.
- Knead it again for a while.
- Close the lid and rest it for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- After resting, pinch out the dough and make lemon sized balls.
- Roll the dough into very thin sheet by applying the required oil. Do not worry about the shape.
- Coil the rolled parota (refer the video). Finish rolling all the dough and rest it for 5 minutes.
- Next roll it again using fingers or a rolling pin.
- Heat the pan and cook the parota.
- Cook on the other side too..
- When they are still warm flap them from all the directions with force using palms. Serve them with any curry of your choice.
Dear reader, We have a Kannada version of this recipe. Click here to read this recipe in Kannada.
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