Chilli Kothu Parotta

Kothu Parotta is a spicy street food from Tamil Nadu. During my college days, I used to go to a fast food joint called Butt's in Tambaram (Chennai) where they made awesome chaat and other street foods. Just thinking of it makes me drool and miss my college days and fun with friends. Luckily my friend Ramya made this once, and now I know how to make it myself. I made this as a starter when I had some friends over for dinner yesterday. It is very easy to make and definitely a crowd pleaser. A word of caution: this is definitely not a very healthy snack. I think its OK to indulge once in a while, right?

Preparation time -  40 minutes

Serving - 4

Ingredients

4 Frozen Parotta's ( Plain Kawan Paratha)
2 medium Tomatoes finely chopped
1 large onion finely chopped
2 Red peppers cut on to small cubes
2 Green peppers cut in to cubes
4 Green chillies finelly chopped

1/2 tsp turmeric Powder
 Salt - to taste
2 Tbsp Oil
Cilantro to garnish

Masala

1/4 tsp red chilli powder or to taste
1/2 tsp Kitchen King Masala
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
1/4 Amchur Powder or Dry mango powder
1 tsp sriracha sauce

Procedure

1. Toast the frozen paratha's on a tawa according to the packaging instruction. Make them nice and crispy and keep them separately without sticking to each other.
2. Cut the paratha's with a kitchen scissors in to 1-2 inch squares
3. In a non- stick pan heat oil on medium high and saute the onions and chillies till translucent
4. Add the chopped tomatoes, turmeric and salt and saute until the tomatoes are well cooked
5. Add the peppers and fry till they are cooked but still crunchy
6. Add all the ingredients in the masala list to the gravy
7. Finally add the paratha pieces and mix together
8. Garnish with cilantro and serve hot

You can exclude the sriracha sauce and reduce the amount of chillies and red chilli powder according to you taste. The amounts mentioned her are for a spicy version.

We can make the gravy and cut the paratha's to pieces and keep it ready. Heat the gravy and mix them together just before serving if you making this for a party.

Its best to serve it immediately or the paratha pieces become very soggy and that does not taste so good. Enjoy and please post your comments.