Kerala Laccha Parotta recipe – Malabar Parotta Recipe
Every Layer of Kerala Lachcha Paratha brings in the awesome taste right on your platter. This super scrumptious paratha can be eaten for breakfast or for dinner. Malabar Parotta has the yummy taste in every layer.
Here is an easy recipe with pictures to prepare Kerala Lachcha Paratha serve these with steaming hot with a side assortment of chutney, pickle, raita or any sabzi of your choice. Enjoy.
Directions
Making:
Take refined flour in a big mixing bowl and add less than salt, crushed carom seeds and 2 tsp of ghee into it. Mix it really well. Add water in small portions and knead soft and smooth dough. Dough is ready. Cover the dough and keep it aside for 20 minutes to set. 1/3 cup of water is used for kneading this much quantity of flour.
20 minutes are over, dough is ready as well. Divide the dough into three equal portions. Take a lump and roll it into peda. Dust it with some flour and roll it out into 12-14 inch diameter thin parantha. Then pour some ghee on it and spread it evenly. Now fold the paranthas from one end to another end making pleats.
Then roll the dough from one end to another end making a peda. After that, roll out slightly thick parantha by rolling it gently with the rolling pin.
Place a tawa on flame. When the tawa gets heated, pour some ghee and spread it evenly. Place the rolled stuffed parantha on it.
Once the parantha gets roasted from beneath, flip its side and roast the parantha from another side as well. Pour some ghee on top and spread it evenly on the parantha.
After that, flip the side again and pour some ghee on this side as well and spread it evenly. Press the parantha gently with the spatula and cook it on medium flame until it becomes crisp and brown spots appears on both the sides.
Parantha is now roasted well. Transfer it on a bowl placed over a plate. Similarly, roll and roast the remaining paranthas until the dough is utilized completely. Kerala lachcha paranthas are now ready.
Serving:
Crush the paranthas slightly and serve these scrumptious and delectable kerala lachcha paranthas steaming hot with a side assortment of chutney, pickle, raita or any sabzi of your choice.

- Refined flour – 1 cup
- Carom seeds – less than ¼ tsp
- Salt – ¼ tsp
- Oil/ghee – 2-3 tbsp
- Take refined flour in a big mixing bowl and add less than salt, crushed carom seeds and 2 tsp of ghee into it. Mix it really well. Add water in small portions and knead soft and smooth dough. Cover the dough and keep it aside for 20 minutes to set. ⅓ cup of water is used for kneading this much quantity of flour.
- minutes are over, dough is ready as well. Divide the dough into three equal portions. Take a lump and roll it into peda. Dust it with some flour and roll it out into 12-14 inch diameter thin parantha. Then pour some ghee on it and spread it evenly. Now fold the paranthas from one end to another end making pleats.
- Then roll the dough from one end to another end making a peda. After that, roll out slightly thick parantha by rolling it gently with the rolling pin. Place a tawa on flame. When the tawa gets heated, pour some ghee and spread it evenly. Place the rolled stuffed parantha on it. Once the parantha gets roasted from beneath, flip its side and roast the parantha from another side as well. Pour some ghee on top and spread it evenly on the parantha.
- After that, flip the side again and pour some ghee on this side as well and spread it evenly. Press the parantha gently with the spatula and cook it on medium flame until it becomes crisp and brown spots appears on both the sides.
- Parantha is now roasted well. Transfer it on a bowl placed over a plate. Similarly, roll and roast the remaining paranthas until the dough is utilized completely. Kerala lachcha paranthas are now ready.
- Crush the paranthas slightly and serve these scrumptious and delectable kerala lachcha paranthas steaming hot with a side assortment of chutney, pickle, raita or any sabzi of your choice. Enjoy!
