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Cheesy Paratha Hotteok
Skip the yeast dough: frozen paratha is stuffed with brown sugar, cinnamon, nuts and Perfect Italiano Mozzarella, then pan-fried and pressed flat until crispy outside and molten inside.
- Cooking time
- 20 min
- Servings
- 4 pax
- Difficulty
- Easy
What you’ll need
Ingredients
Serves 4
- 4 frozen paratha sheets
- 4 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3 tbsp chopped nuts (peanuts or walnuts)
- 80g Perfect Italiano Mozzarella
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
Step by step
Method
- 1
Mix the brown sugar, cinnamon, chopped nuts and Perfect Italiano Mozzarella in a bowl to make the filling.
- 2
Let the frozen paratha soften slightly, then gather each sheet into a ball and flatten into a disc.
- 3
Place two spoonfuls of filling in the centre, pleat the edges together and seal tightly so nothing leaks.
- 4
Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat and place the stuffed dough seam-side down.
- 5
Press flat with a spatula, cook until golden, then flip and cook the other side until crispy and the sugar caramelises inside.
- 6
Serve hot, torn open to show the molten sugar and cheese stretch.
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