Mooli Paratha recipe – a stuffed parantha recipe from land of Punjab. The stuffing is made from spicy, cooked grated mooli aka radish.

Mooli paratha triangles in a plate with spiced yogurt bowl and more paratha in the back.

I have sautéed the grated mooli with some spices for stuffing. But I remember, my mom makes mooli paratha recipe without cooking it.

She first squeeze all the water then mix few spices like chili powder, chaat masala, garam masala, chopped chilies and coriander leaves. her stuffing mixture is ready. You can try it this way too. either way it tastes fabulous.

If you have radish leaves then chop up and use in the recipe.

Check out more paratha recipes
Aloo paratha // Gobi paratha // Paneer paratha // Matar paratha

Step By Step Photo Instructions:

1) Take grated mooli into a bowl. Sprinkle some salt and let it rest for 15 minutes.

Collage of 2 images showing grated mooli and water is squeezed.

2) After 15 minutes, squeeze out all the water.

3) Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add ajwain and cumin seeds. Let them sizzle a bit.

4) Then add chopped green chilies, ginger paste and mooli. Mix well.

5) Add dry spice powders (red chili powder, garam masala and amchur powder), mix.

6) Cook till mixture becomes dry. Make sure that, it does not have any moisture in it. Remove it to a plate and let it cool completely.

Collage of 4 images showing tempering of cumin and ajwain and cooking mooli with spices.

7) White stuffing is cooling, take flour, salt and oil in a bowl. Mix well using your fingers so oil is incorporated well.

8) Start kneading the dough by adding little water a time.

9) Knead into smooth dough, cover it and let it rest for 15 minutes.

10) By this time mixture is cooled. divide the mixture into 6 equal portions. Divide the dough into six equal portions, make smooth balls and flatten them between your plams.

Collage of 4 images showing kneading the dough and dividing into small balls.

11)Before you start rolling, heat the tawa on medium heat for frying the parathas. Take one flatten ball at a time, dust it into dry flour and start rolling.

12) Roll into 4 inch diameter circle; keep the edges thinner than center.

13) Place 1 portion of mooli stuffing in the center. Gather the edges and pinch it into the center.

14) Seal it tightly and flatten it by pressing very gently.

Collage of 4 images showing stuffing the paratha.

15) Again dust it into dry flour and roll it very gently and carefully into about 6 inch diameter circle. Keep in mind that rolling stuffed paratha to perfection comes via practice.

16) Now place it on to hot tawa and cook.

17) After few seconds you may notice few bubbles on top, that time flip it. It should have few brown spot. Cook on other side as well.

18) Apply some oil on it and then flip it.

Collage of 4 images showing rolled mooli paratha and cooking paratha.

19) Lightly press it with spatula and fry till there is no doughy part and it has golden brown, crispy spots.

20) Apple some oil on this side and flip it again.

21) fry other side same way by pressing with spatula. It might get puffed a little bit if rolled properly.

22) Once cooked from both sides, remove it to a serving plate.

Collage of 4 images showing cooking other side of paratha using spatula.

Repeat the same rolling and frying process for rest of the parathas. Keep cooked mooli paratha into insulated container to keep it warm.

Serving suggestion: Serve them with plain yogurt or raita (onion tomato raita, palak raita, tadka raita) or pickle as a light meal or breakfast. I prefer to make this as a dinner. I have served it with homemade yogurt sprinkled with roasted cumin powder.

Mooli Paratha triangle is opened slightly with more paratha and yogurt in the back.

Did you try this mooli paratha recipe? I’d love to hear about it! Leave a review in the comment section below.