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Aloo Paratha is one of my favorites. I love spicy food, especially something that contains less of gravy.

Sometimes when my dad serves me, he pours a bucket full of gravy into my plate.. and I hate it alot. In the end, my plate looks more or less like a swimming pool!

Ok! Now back to the topic..

I never knew that Aloo Paratha even existed until dad ordered it one weekend, for breakfast, from a nearby Pakistani restaurant. I loved it alot. Ever since then, I make sure that my dad orders Aloo Paratha for breakfast every weekend.

Strangely, I was hit by a brainwave yesterday morning. I wanted to try out the recipe at home..

I went to kitchen... My first task was to find a bakra(goat)..err.. I mean a suitable potato (aloo) for my experimental recipe.

Then I found this....



A highly disfigured 'aloo'. I, Dr. IMM, had to perform a minor surgery on my poor patient. Simply scrapping and carving was not enough. I had to dig out those 'yucky' growths from my aloo's 'gol badan' with a scapel...hehehe..I mean knife.

The operation was successful. The next step was to place the aloo in a vessel contain hot boiling water.

The came the dough.. I added brown flour in a plate. I added water.. more water.. more water.. more water... till it didn't look like a dough any more.

I knew there was something seriously wrong with my dough. So I added salt, more water, more flour, more flour, more water, more salt, more flour...till finally I felt it was eligible to be called a dough.
I kneeded and kneeded.. made balls..

The boiling 'aloo' was now soft enough to be mashed mercilessly... buahahhahahahahha!

To the mashed 'aloo', of course, I added red chilly powder, chopped green chillies, coriander powder, salt, cumin powder, garam masala and all other powders I could lay my hands on. (Talcum powder not included)

The mixture was then filled into the dough balls and flattened using a rolling pin.

Next and final step was frying my aloo paratha. To my horror of all horrors, I was shocked to see that my aloo paratha ended up looking like aloo poori. I guess I used the flour which is usually utilised in making pooris. My first try was a complete flop.

When my parents came back from work, I served them the end product of my 'experimental recipe'. Mom liked it... but Dad had a weird look on his face.


NOTE TO SELF :

1. Don't cook. Concentrate on studies.
2. Never make Aloo Paratha unless you know the difference between the flours used for Parathas and Pooris.


NOTE TO FUTURE HUSBAND:

1. I am a deadly cook.
2. Do not ever ask me to make Aloo Paratha.
3. I agree.. your mom cooks better than me ..
4. No quarreling with me on cooking issues.
5. Last but not the least.. accept my style of cooking if you really love me.