Vallarai(Indian pennywort) Paratha

My daughter is a very fuzzy eater. I need to be innovative to get her eating properly. I can take care of breakfast and dinner. But lunch? That is the biggest headache to me. Whatever I send other than bread butter jam or chappathi with jam, it comes back with some beautiful reasons. But what nutrition she will get? :( So I decided to give lunch for breakfast and bread and jam for lunch. Still I was not happy to give bread again and again. I got an idea when Prabu bought pennywort leaves yesterday. I decided to make parathas and roll it with jam for lunch and with nutella for breakfast. Moreover it is an easy job to me ;) I made Vallarai Paratha today and she had two with nutella in the morning :D Mission successful. I am planning to explore more varieties. I am sure she wouldn't have eaten vallarai if I made chutney.

Please try this recipe and let me know the results. Trust me, it tastes like a normal paratha, no bitter taste in it.

Ingredients:

Indian Pennywort leaves(Vallarai Keerai) - 1 bunch
Whole wheat flour - 2 cups
Oil - 2 tbsp
Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Ajwain seeds - 1/4 tsp
Sesame seeds - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Pick the leaves separately and wash them
2. Saute vallarai in a kadai still it shrinks completely
3. Once it is cooled down, add some water and grind it to a smooth paste
4. Mix all the ingredients together well and then add the puree to it
5. Add enough water and make a smooth dough
6. Now make chappathis out of it
7. Apply some oil or ghee before taking out of the tawa
8. Serve it to the Lord
9. Enjoy with yogurt dip

Yogurt Dip: 1 cup yogurt, 1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder and salt. Mix all together and beat well till you get smooth paste without lumps. You can mix mashed avacado to it for variation.