Chicken Baida Paratha

Chicken Baida Paratha / Baida Roti is a delicious and tasty chicken snack. Where Chicken Keema is cooked along with spices, stuffed inside a roti , coated with egg batter and it is then shallow or deep fried. Baida Roti is also popularly known as Egg roti. This is one of the yummy street food of Mumbai. Few days before I had been to a restaurant where Mumbai street festival was going on and they were serving this yummy roti. I tasted this and at once I became a huge fan ,I straight away walked to the chef and started asking what was it and how actually they do it.

The restaurant ambience was in accordance with street food theme and there was a big crowd near the stall, hence couldn’t actually get the recipe. Even after a month ,the taste of that baida paratha was lingering on my tongue. Hence thought to give a try at home. On googling found very few blogs where they had explained about baida paratha…….,as always went through all the recipes from few websites,blog and finally adapted as I needed. Well, to my surprise , though I tried for first time , Baida Roti / Baida Paratha turned out to be one of the best and yummy filling snack. If you are a non vegetarian then definitely one should try this.

RECIPE CARD OF CHICKEN BAIDA PARATHA

Ingredients:

Category:NonVegetarian|Cuisine:Mumbai |Course:Street Food/Snack
Preptime:10 Minutes|Cooking Time:45-55 Minutes|Serves:8-10

For Dough

All Purpose Flour/Maida :2 Cups

Egg:1 No

Warm Milk:1/3 Cup

Water:1/4 Cup

Oil: 3Tbsp

Salt:1 Tsp

Baking Powder:1/4 TSp

For Filling

Chicken Kheema / Minced Meat: 500 grms

Onion Chopped:2

Ginger Garlic Paste:2Tbsp

Green Chillies:6

Turmeric:1/4 Tsp

Red Chili Powder:1.5 Tsp

Coriander Powder:1 Tsp

Garam Masala:1/2 Tsp

Oil:2 Tbsp

Chopped Coriander leaves: 2 Tbsp

Mint Leaves:1/2 Tbsp

Salt: As required

Lime Juice:1 Tsp

For Rolling roti and stuffing

Oil :4-5 Tbsp

Egg:3-4 No’s

Salt:1/2 Tsp

Pepper Powder:1 Tsp

Step by Step Directions to make Chicken Baida Paratha

Take all purpose flour,salt,baking powder,egg and 1 Tbsp of oil and mix well,when it looks like crumbs add warm milk and add water 1 tbsp at a time and start kneading the dough.

Add water little at a time and prepare a dough,start kneading well while kneading it reaches a point where it becomes sticky and difficult to handle.Now add 1 tbsp of oil and knead well till it becomes smooth and a pliable dough.Now smear a tbsp of oil,and cover it with a kitchen towel and let it rest for minimum 30 minutes.(I had kept it for 3 hrs)

Prepare the stuffing,Take a pan ,add heat oil add chopped onions,ginger garlic paste,green chilies and saute well,till the raw smell goes off.

Now add all the spice powders and saute well.For this add minced meat or chicken kheema ,add salt,saute well for 5 minutes and close the lid and cook well for 15-20 minutes.

Open the lid and cook till the water completely dries.Now add chopped coriander and mint leaves,lime juice mix well,Adjust salt or spice if needed and keep it aside.

Divide the dough into 10 balls of equal size.Take 2 eggs in a bowl,beat well add salt and pepper and set aside.

Smear some oil on workplace,take a ball and roll it into a large round roti,place some stuffing at the center and pour a tbsp of beaten egg over it.

Now fold and bring the upper and lower portion of the roti to the centre.And also left and right side of the roti to the center,so that it forms a square/rectangle packet.

Put some oil over a griddle and heat it ,place the prepared paratha over the oil and now pour another Tbsp of beaten egg over the center and edges.Drizzle some more oil and cook on both sides ,make it crisp.

Baida Roti is ready to serve enjoy as a evening snack with a cup of tea. This is quite heavy on stomach as a snack ;),but for sure one would love to eat it again and again.Worth trying this recipe,really delicious.