Ingredients

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• Salt to taste
• Water, as required

• 1½ cups fresh or frozen green peas
• 1 green chilli, finely chopped
• 1 tsp grated ginger
• ½ tsp cumin powder
• ½ tsp garam masala
• ½ tsp red chilli powder
• Salt to taste

• Ghee or oil, as required

Instructions

1. Prepare Ingredients: Measure all ingredients and keep peas, spices, and flour ready before starting.
2. Make the Dough: Mix wheat flour and salt, add water gradually, and knead into a soft dough. Rest for 15 minutes.
3. Cook the Peas: Boil or steam green peas until soft, then drain completely.
4. Prepare Filling: Mash peas coarsely and mix with ginger, green chilli, spices, and salt.
5. Divide Dough: Divide dough into equal portions and roll into smooth balls.
6. Stuff the Paratha: Roll one dough ball, place filling in centre, seal edges, and flatten gently.
7. Roll & Cook: Roll into a paratha and cook on hot tawa, applying ghee on both sides until golden.
8. Serve Hot: Serve hot matar paratha with curd, pickle, or butter.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Wholesome and filling
• Perfect winter breakfast
• Mild yet flavourful
• Uses seasonal ingredients
• Family-friendly recipe

Common Mistakes

• Watery filling causing tearing
• Over-mashing peas
• Rolling too thin
• Cooking on high flame

Variations

With Onion: Add finely chopped onion to filling.
Spicy: Add crushed green chillies.
No Stuffing: Mix peas paste into dough.

Personal Note

Matar paratha always reminds me of winter mornings when fresh peas were shelled at home. The gentle sweetness of peas combined with hot parathas is pure comfort food. It’s a recipe I keep coming back to every season.