Name: Warqi paratha recipe by Shashwatee Swagatica at BetterButter
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: APF/Maida 2cups + 1/2cup; Ghee 1/2cup; Milk 1/2cup; sugar 1tsp; salt as per taste

ABOUT Warqi paratha RECIPE

Warqi paratha is/was a part of awadhi cuisine and it originated in the kitchens of Lucknow nawabs. Warqi paratha literally means layered paratha, (warq = layer). Warqi paratha and Lachha paratha both are layered parathas but with completely different method of preparation. Warqi paratha is usually prepared from maida,it also incorporates a sweet element sugar or kesar in some cases. It is sweet and savory. Warqi paratha is folded in half many times to create as many layers as required and then flattened out again. The recipe required keeping the dough refrigerated for some time before rolling out the paratha each time.

Instructions

Mix 2cups flour, 4tbsp ghee, salt, sugar in a mixing bowl.
Add milk little by little to make a soft dough.
Keep the dough covered for 10-15mins.
Dust some flour and roll like thick paratha.
Apply ghee and dust flour.
Fold like this and again apply ghee and dust flour.
Again fold, apply ghee and dust flour.
Again fold.
Keep it in the refrigerator for 15mins.
Again dust some flour, roll it, apply ghee, dust flour, keep in the refrigerator. Repeat same process for another 3 times.
Take out the dough from the refrigerator, dust flour and roll a big paratha.
With the help of a cutter cut into equal parts.
See the layers.
Now keep these cut parathas in the refrigerator for 10-15mins.
Heat a tawa, cook the parathas with ghee till brown spots appear on both the sides.
Before serving crush the parathas with fingers.

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