Yum Peaceful Cooking: HBin5 Whole Wheat Aloo Paratha

Monday, March 1, 2010

HBin5 Whole Wheat Aloo Paratha


I've never heard of Aloo Paratha. I've discovered that it's a stuffed flatbread. Not unlike the Italian calzone. At least the version that's described in the Healthy Bread in Five Minutes A Day cookbook. Although when I do a google search....I see something completely different. But you know what? It's good...so....does it really matter?

Naaaaaa

As you might guess, this was another assignment from


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So basically, we used the Whole Wheat Olive Oil dough (the same dough that I used to make the rolls that I used for my Cheeseburger Meatloaf Sandwiches). Only this time there was no second rise needed.

One of my favorite spice mixtures is curry. The last time I went to the local middle eastern market, they had 2 kinds of curry...one was regular and the other was spicy


For this recipe, I decided to go with the spicy. Although I was disappointed. I was hoping for a bit more heat. Oh well....it still tasted good. This curry powder was mixed with mashed potato (not the mashed potatoes that get served with fried chicken....no milk....just a potato mashed up), butter (or ghee if you can find it), oil and peas.


A very nice mixture of flavors. Then the dough was rolled out to about 1/8 inch and the mixture was place on 1/2 of the dough round




Wet the edges, fold the dough over and pinch it together. Then cut a few slits in the top


Bake for about 25 minutes in a hot 450' F oven and you have yourself a very nice appetizer or meal in itself.

But I wanted to play...and I remembered that I had this really nice Curried Chicken-Rice Salad recipe that I hadn't made in a long time. (I've had the recipe for so long that I don't even remember where I got it. Some magazine I'm sure.) I just had to try it with this bread...I had a feeling it would go wonderfully, especially with the curry in it.

Curried Chicken Rice Salad
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream (or plain yogurt)
1 tsp curry powder
2 Tablespoons grated fresh ginger (or 1/2 tsp ground ginger)
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
3 cups cold cooked rice
2 cups cut-up chicken
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 small bell pepper (I like to use orange, red or yellow)
1 15 1/4 oz can pineapple chunks, drained

Mix together the mayo, sour cream and spices (curry, ginger, salt, cayenne) in a large bowl. Stir in the rice, chicken, celery, bell pepper and pineapple. Cover and refrigerate for about 2 hours or until chilled.

(actually, for the bread, I didn't chill it first)


And follow the same directions for the potato filled Aloo Paratha



and you end up with this yummy dish




With the rest of the Curried Chicken-Rice Salad....

Serve it on a bed of lettuce with a few slices of tomatoes....


Perfect for a nice light, refreshing lunch

This salad, even though I didn't use the hot curry powder....has a bit of a kick to it from the cayenne pepper. It's one of my favorites!!! If you want to take it on the go....just wrap it up in a lettuce leaf like a burrito and you're on your way

Printable Version: Curried Chicken-Rice Salad

24 comments:

  1. What beautiful photographs! I especially love the one of your salad on rice- very artistic. I also enjoyed your step by step of the Aloo Paratha.. they turned out so yummy looking! Thanks too for the salad recipe- that is such an unusual combo of ingredients. Its definitely on my 'to try' list!

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  2. Liked your aloo paratha loaf. You can up the spice/ fire quotient to suit your taste actually, and it does taste better then.

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  3. Your Aloo Paratha looks so good... I didn't make that bread but made the others. Now I wish I would have made the Aloo Paratha! Next time :)

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  4. Love the Curried Chicken Rice Salad stuffing! Looks so good and I bet it was fabulous!

    Stunning photos!

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  5. It's new to me too. And it does look like a calzone!
    Love what you did with the curried chicken salad...it looks fabulous.

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  6. Looks great! I've never heard of it either.

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  7. Awesome! I love paratha, but I've never made stuffed ones.

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  8. Wasn't Aloo Paratha a hair metal band in the 80s? (just kidding)

    Never heard of it before but it sure looks dang good! I'd love the one with the peas.

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  9. Those are beautiful breads, especially the aloo paratha with rice. What a great improvisation. better than the original.

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  10. It all looks so delicious! Really good pics too!

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  11. Beautiful photos! Your Aloo Paratha looks fabulous!

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  12. Your Aloo Partha looks great! It's like an Indian hot pocket! Yum!

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  13. I definitely need to try this paratha! I didn't have time to make it for this braid but your beautiful photos are making me realize that I should just let it go. I love the chicken salad idea!

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  14. Your photos are awesome! I love curry and also make a curry chicken salad (had it yesterday) but never put rice with it. I'll try that. Also that assignment for HBin5 reminded me of perogies, which I don't like. But yours look beautiful and I bet they were yummy!

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  15. I've never heard of this. It looks and sounds delicious! Amazing photos!

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  16. oh yum, i printed the recipe

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  17. Delicious! Nice that you paired it with a chicken salad too - what a great meal.

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  18. We loved the aloo paratha. We got out to eat Indian whenever we get a chance--love it! At home, we add curry powder when we make deviled eggs instead of mustard.
    ~Jenny~

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  19. Mama Peck - I hope you enjoy it :)

    Aparna - I should've added more curry...thanks

    Haden - i almost didn't make this one either...but I couldn't resist the curry

    Michelle - Thanks! :) I'm learning!

    Barbara - I still can't decide which one I liked best....and I still think it's a calzone LOL

    Michele - Good to see you...hopefully the comment posting issue has been resolved

    Bridgett - Thank you:)

    Bob - I can only imagine what goodies you'd come up with to stuff a paratha

    Chris - Weren't you in a hair band once? LOL

    Bonnie - you know...you just got me thinking....what if I combined the two stuffings...omitting the rice. mmmm

    Ezzie - Thank you :)

    Cathy (bread) - Thank you!! I enjoyed making it

    FLB - I know, right?!! thats the perfect description

    Joanne - I think you'd have fun with this one. I'd love to see what you'd come up wiht

    Lynda - I've never had a perogie....but I've heard of them. I'd love to see your curry chicken salad recipe

    Pam - Thank you!! :)

    Petra - you printed it? yeah!! It's so nice to know a new function is working and being used. I hope you enjoy it.

    Natashya - it made for a very nice lunch

    Jenny - curry powder in deviled eggs?!! Thats brilliant

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  20. Very nice photographs in this post, and in your previous one featuring the meatloaf sandwiches!

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  21. The curried chicken-rice salad is a keeper! It looks really good in the bread. Nice photos.

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  22. Great looking bread. Thanks for the rice salad recipe, looking forward to trying it.

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  23. It all looks fabulous! Love your attitude of "playing with your food". :)

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