Weight loss: Healthy paratha recipes you can eat guilt-free

One of the best parts about winters is that you can enjoy all the delicious, piping hot foods that you cannot enjoy in the summer heat. So as the air gets chilly, what better way to unwind than eat fresh, hot parathas with a cup of tea or a bowl full of curd.

Before your mouth starts watering, are you on a weight loss diet? Don’t worry, you can still enjoy some lip-smacking parathas without adding any extra kilos. Make sure you do not overeat and do not use too much oil, ghee or butter. Happy eating!

Ingredients you need

1. 1/2 cup gluten-free whole wheat flour
2. 1/2 cup cauliflower, grated
3. 1/4th cup onions, finely chopped
4. Salt to taste
5. 1/2 tsp chili powder
6. 1/2 tsp amchoor powder
7. 1/2 tsp coriander powder
8. 1 tbsp ghee
9. Water as required

Grate the cauliflower, steam it, and drain it. Knead the dough with all the above mentioned ingredients, except the ghee. Let it rest for 30 minutes. Take small bites and roll them in the shape of parathas. Add some ghee to a hot pan and put the paratha on it. Cook from both sides and serve hot.

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Ingredients you need

1. 2 cups gluten-free whole wheat flour
2. Water as required
3. 2 tsp oil
4. ½ tsp salt
5. 3-4 beetroots
6. 1 onion
7. ½ tsp red chili powder
8. ½ tsp garam masala powder
9. 1 tsp anardana powder
10. 1 tsp amchur powder

Knead the dough using flour, oil, water and salt. Set it aside. For the stuffing, firstly grate the beetroots and finely chop an onion. Heat a pan, add some oil, and add the beetroots and onion. Add all the spices and sauté for 4-5 minutes.

Now take a portion of the dough and flatten it a bit. Add some of the stuffing and seal the dough so that none of the stuffing comes out. Roll it back to a ball and then flatten it in the shape of a paratha. Add some oil to a hot pan and cook the paratha from both sides.

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Ingredients you need

1. 100 grams tofu
2. 2 cups wheat flour
3. 1 tsp oil
4. 1 tsp ghee
5. Water as required
6. 1 onion
7. 1-2 green chilies
8. some coriander leaves
9. salt as per taste
10. 1/4 tsp amchur powder

Take a bowl, grate tofu in it and keep it aside. Knead the dough in another bowl using wheat flour, oil and water. Let it rest for 10-15 minutes.

Now, chop onion, green chili, and some fresh coriander leaves. Add all these veggies to the grated tofu, and mix everything together. Add salt and amchur powder and mix again.

Make balls from the dough, flatten them out a bit, and then stuff them into the tofu-veggie mixture. Make sure the stuffing is well-sealed and then roll it into a ball again. Roll it out to make parathas and cook in a hot pan with a little bit of ghee. Serve hot.