Lifafa Paratha is a stuffed paratha made as an envelope popular in the northern states. This paratha is stuffed with a mixed vegetable filling and cooked and then stuffed.
This makes a wonderful travel food and very easy to make. Konda liked it so much that she wanted to pack this for her college.
I was very late in making it and had to hurriedly make it. So Lifafa Paratha is my choice for L in the AtoZ Flatbread and More, where I am doing AtoZ Indian Flatbread. If you are interested to know whats L in Dosa Varieties, hop over!
A to Z Indian Flatbreads:
A for Angakar Roti
B for Bedai Poori
C Choorie Ka Parantha
D for Dhapate
E for Ellu Holige
F for Farali Poori
G for Girda
H for Hariyali Paratha
I for Indori Palak Ki Puri
J for Jalebi Paratha
K for Koraishutir Kochuri
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Lifafa Paratha | Mixed Vegetable Lifafa Paratha
For the Outer Layer
1 cup Wheat Flour
Salt to taste
1 tsp Ghee
1 tsp Ajwain
For the Stuffing
1/4 cup Beans
1/4 cup Carrots
1/4 cup Potato
1/4 cup Onions
2 nos Green Chillies
1/2 tsp Red Chillies
1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
Salt to taste
1 tsp Cooking Oil
Other ingredients
1 tsp All Purpose Flour
1 tsp Water
How to make Lifafa Paratha
For the Stuffing
Knead the flour with salt and ghee to a soft dough. Let it rest for 10 mins.
For the Outer Layer
Chop all the vegetables very fine
Microwave beans, carrots, and potatoes for 6 mins.
Heat a nonstick pan with oil, saute onions and green chilies
Add the coarsely mashed vegetables to the pan and mix well
Add the spice powders and combine everything well.
Remove and keep it aside.
For making Lifafa Paratha.
Pinch out equal balls and dust and roll to a thin 6 inch roti.
Slightly cook on both sides and remove.
Make a paste of the flour with water.
Place the roti on a plate, place the filling in the center.
Fold one side over the vegetables. Apply the flour paste and cover with the other fold like an envelope.
Apply the paste on the sides of the roti as well and completely cover.
Cook on slow flame with oil again on both sides.
Serve with pickle and curds.
Recipe
Lifafa Paratha | Mixed Vegetable Lifafa Paratha
Ingredients
For the Outer Layer
- 1 cup Wheat Flour
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Ghee
- 1 tsp Ajwain
For the Stuffing
- 1/4 cup Beans
- 1/4 cup Carrots
- 1/4 cup Potato
- 1/4 cup Onions
- 2 nos Green Chillies
- 1/2 tsp Red Chillies
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Cooking Oil
Other ingredients
- 1 tsp All Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Water
Instructions
For the Stuffing
- Knead the flour with salt and ghee to a soft dough. Let it rest for 10 mins.
For the Outer Layer
- Chop all the vegetables very fine
- Microwave beans, carrots, and potatoes for 6 mins.
- Heat a nonstick pan with oil, saute onions and green chilies
- Add the coarsely mashed vegetables to the pan and mix well
- Add the spice powders and combine everything well.
- Remove and keep it aside.
For making Lifafa Paratha.
- Pinch out equal balls and dust and roll to a thin 6 inch roti.
- Slightly cook on both sides and remove.
- Make a paste of the flour with water.
- Place the roti on a plate, place the filling in the center.
- Fold one side over the vegetables. Apply the flour paste and cover with the other fold like an envelope.
- Apply the paste on the sides of the roti as well and completely cover.
- Cook on slow flame with oil again on both sides.
- Serve with pickle and curds.
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gayathriraani says
Kids would love this especially for the shape of the parathas. As soon as I saw, I thought of paneer as the stuffing. Need to try this for Sruti. My list of to do recipes is growing fast this BM.
vaishalisabnani says
Lifafa Paratha looks fabulous and colourful with mixed veggies . Ya this is very popular in North and you have made it so well . This was my first pick for the alphabet L , but shifted to Litti !
Ranjana Shankar says
Looks easy. For kid's lunch box, it is perfect.
Sowmya:) says
That is such a wonderful idea for meal on the go or to pack for a kid's lunchbox! Such a delicious stuffing in a beautiful wheat envelope!! Kudos to you!
Priya Suresh says
My kids are great fan of pocket shaped parathas. Lifafa parathas looks just prefect and ideal meal to pack in a kid's lunch box. Excellent parathas Valli.
harini says
That is a great idea to feed the kids. This is way better than Kathi roll 🙂 (in terms of messy eating)
Renu Agrawal Dongre says
A good travel food and a good way to feed the kids. Yum
mayurisjikoni says
Lifafa parathas was on my list too till I decided to try out luchi. Love the filling you've used, easy to make and healthy. I like how versatile these parathas are.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
This is such a great recipe to make for lunch boxes. I am amazed more and more to see similarities in every cuisine and with just few changes we all almost have similar recipes.
Simply Tadka says
Lifafa paratha is really great stuffed paratha... for lunch boxes.
Annapurnaz says
This mega marathon has one great thing, I was making many of the flatbreads earlier too but never knew that they have a specific name like this lifafa paratha is one of them.
The paratha looks so crisp and the colorful , healthy ingredients peeking out of this paratha makes it more attractive
code2cook says
same pinch. I saved lifafa paratha from april MBM, but could not participated. yours looking mouthwatering. Great pick for sure.
Padmajha PJ says
This is definitely a treat in the lunch box and travel as well! The parathas look very nice Srivalli with that vegetable filling!