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