Indian bread prepared used Spinach. Popeye would certainly love it.

Time Required: 30 Minutes

Ingredients:
1 bunch Palak / Spinach
1 – 2 tbsp Green Chilies paste
3 Cups of Wheat Flour
Ghee / Clarified butter for roasting
Salt to Taste

Method:
Clean, wash, and remove the stalk of Palak leaves. Blanch Spinach and sieve. Let it cool. Grind the leaves along with Green Chilies paste.

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This is also known as plain paratha and is very popular in South India.

Time Required: 10 Minutes

Ingredients:
1 Cup Wheat Flour
1tsp Oil
Salt to taste
Water

Method:
Mix all the ingredients together to a dough. Knead well. Divide into balls. Roll a ball on a floured surface into a concentric circle.

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Plain Indian bread

Time Required: 20 Minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients:
2 Cups Wheat Flour
1 tsp Oil (Optional)
Salt to taste

Method:
Mix Wheat Flour, Oil, Salt and water to a stiff dough. Cover the dough and let it stand for an hour. Divide the dough into balls.

On a floured surface roll out each of the balls into a circle.

Heat a griddle/tava and put a rolled out phulka on the tava. After about 10 seconds, flip it and roast for a minute. Now hold the phulka with a tong and remove the tava from the fire and put the phulka right on the fire. It will fluff up. Remove immediately from the fire. Repeat the procedure for all the Rotis.

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This type of bread is prepared in Gujarat.  This has a long shelf life and is very suitable to carry while travelling.

Time Required: 25 Minutes
Serves: 2

Ingredients:
1 Cup Wheat Flour
1 Cup Chopped Methi / Fenugreek leaves (Optional)
1/2 Cup Gram Flour/Besan
1/2 tsp Carom Seeds/Ajwain
1/2 tsp Jeera/Cumin Seeds or Jeera Powder
1/2 tsp White Sesame Seeds/Til
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
1/4 tsp Asafoetida
2tbsp Oil
1/2 Cup Water
3 tbsp Curd
Salt to taste

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