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Ingredients:
2 cups atta(whole wheat flour),
Water to knead flour,
Salt to taste,
Ghee(butter),

Stuffing-
100gms paneer (cottage cheese),mashed,
1 onion, finely chopped,
1 tsp jeera(cumin seeds),
1 small green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped,
1/2 tsp red chilli powder,
1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves,
Salt to taste.

Method:
Mix atta(wheat flour),salt 2-3 tsp ghee and water to knead flour. Keep aside.
In a bowl mix all the contents of the stuffing. Make small balls from the kneaded flour, depednding upon the size of the parathas you ant to make. Roll a small puri, apply some ghee over it and fold it into a triangle or a square and apply ghee in every fold. Again roll to a small puri and fill the stuffing. Close this puri well, seal all the sides properly to avoid the stuffing from fallin out. Dust in dry flour a roll a paratha. Roll all the parathas similarly. Heat a tava(griddle) put some oil or ghee and roast the paratha evenly from both sides by flipping. Serve hot with any chutney,pickle or curd.

Ingredients:
2 cups mutter (green peas),
1 cup paneer (cottage cheese); cubed,
1 large onion; ground to paste,
1 tomato; pureed,
1 tsp jeera (cumin seeds),
2 tbsp yogurt; well beaten,
1/2 tsp turmeric powder,
1 tsp red chilli powder,
3/4 tsp Punjabi garam masala,
5 cashew nuts,
1 tsp poppy seeds,
1 tsp melon seeds,
Salt to taste,
Chopped coriander leaves to garnish,
Oil for tempering.

Method:
Grind together cashew nuts, poppy seeds and melon seeds to a smooth paste. Heat oil in a kadhai (wok) add jeera and let it splutter, then add the onion paste and let it fry till it changes it color and is fragrant. Then add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and fry for 2 minutes. Then add the tomato puree and let it cook till the gravy starts leaving oil from the sides of the kadhai. Then add the cashew paste and fry for 2 minutes. Then add the peas and mix, add water and cover and cook till peas are tender. Meanwhile heat another pan and add oil. Then fry the paneer cubes from al sides till they turn golden, drain and set aside. When peas are cooked add beaten yogurt, Punjabi garam masala and fried paneer cubes. Mix and let it cook for few minutes. Remove from flame, garnish with coriander leaves and serve with parathas.

This preparation can be served as breakfast or as a snack. Kids will love it!

Ingredients:
1 cup crushed paneer,
3/4 cup fresh bread crumbs (for binding),
1/2 cup dry bread crumbs (to coat),
1 cup finely chopped onion,
1 cup finely chopped tomatoes,
1/2 cup finely chopped coriander leaves,
1/2 tsp finely chopped garlic,
1/2 tsp turmeric powder (optional),
1/2 tsp red chilli powder,
1/2 tsp garam masala powder,
Salt to taste,
2 tbsp + Oil for frying.

Method:
Heat 2 tbsp oil in a kadhai (wok) and add garlic, onions and tomatoes and cook stirring till they soften. Then add red chilli powder, garam masala and fry for a minute. Add crushed paneer and sprinkle salt, mix and remove from flame. Set aside to let it cool. Then add coriander leaves, fresh bread crumbs and knead well. Then make small balls and flatten them and dip them into the dry bread crumbs to coat well from both the sides. Heat oil in a pan and place these balls in it. Fry from both the sides till they turn golden. Serve with any chutney or sauce of your choice.

Ingredients:
150gms paneer (cottage cheese);cut into 1″ cubes,
2 small onions; cut into 1″ pieces,
1 capsicum; cut into 1″ pieces,
1″ inch ginger; cut into juliennes,
5 cloves of garlic; sliced,
1 tbsp tomato puree,
1 tsp kasoori methi (dry fenugreek leaves),
1/2 tsp red chilli powder,
1/2 tsp black pepper powder,
1 tbsp cornflour,
Salt to taste,
2 tbsp oil.

Method:
Heat oil in a kadhai and add onion. Saute on a low flame for 3 minutes. Then add ginger, garlic and capsicum and fry for some time. Then add tomato puree and let it cook for 2 minutes. Now add all the spices, paneer cubes, kasoori methi, cornflour and mix properly so that cornflour coats well to all the paneer cubes. Fry the paneer till it is nice golden brown. Serve with parathas, pulao or even with curd rice or as a starter.

Ingredients:
1 cup diced pineapple,
1 cup diced paneer (cottage cheese),
1 cup chopped bell pepper (capsicum) green, red or yellow as per your choice,
1/2 cup deseeded and chopped tomatoes,
10-12 leaves of Iceberg Lettuce, dip into ice cold water for 15 minutes.
A handful of walnuts.

For the dressing-
2 tbsp Olive oil,
1 tbsp vinegar or lemon juice,
A pinch of sugar,
Salt and Pepper to taste.

Method:
Mix together all the ingredients of dressing.
In a salad bowl, arrange some lettuce leaves to cover the bowl and break the remaining leaves into pieces. Mix all the other ingredients in another bowl along with these broken lettuce leaves and add the dressing to it. Mix well and serve in the bowl with lettuce leaves. Garnish with walnuts.

TIP:
If you are conscious about calories, replace paneer with apples or any other veggie you like, this salad will taste just as good.