Paneer with Chick peas

Some people in my family love paneer, others love chick peas. This curry is so simple to make and hearty and delicious and versatile to serve with many different things. Serve it with Roti or rice or with Aloo Tikki or Oats Aloo Tikki
Chole Paneer (Indian cottage cheese with chickpeas)

Paneer Chole

Ingredients:

1. 1 can chick peas drained and washed
2. 8 oz paneer cut into 1 cm cubes
3. 1-2 tomatoes chopped
4. 1/2 cup chopped onions
5. 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
6. 1/2 teaspoon each of salt, chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric and Nigella (onion) seeds
7. 2 tablespoon oil

Add a tablespoon of oil and fry the paneer pieces for 5 minutes. Drain and set aside.

In a pan heat the oil and add the onion (Kalongi) seeds if using. Let them fry for a minute. Add the onions and cover and cook for 5 minutes. Add ginger garlic paste and stir for a minute. Add tomatoes and all the powder ingredients. Cook for 5 minutes. Add chickpeas and paneer and 1/4 cup water and cover and simer for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally. Garnish with coriander and enjoy

Cholay Bature

I started with a plan to make Poori or Puri with Chana Masala. I always thought Batura was just a massive Puri. But its not and today I made Cholay bature and I am so happy with the result. And my whole family enjoyed it as a cold night's dinner. And its not that difficult to make. So here you have it. Enjoy

Cholay Bature (Deep fried flour bread with chickpea curry)

Cholay Bature with onions

Batura (Indian deep fried flat bread made of Flour and potato)
Ingredients:

1. 2 cups all-purpose flour
2. 2 medium sized potatoes boiled, peeled and grated (2 cups grated potato)
3. 1 teaspoon salt
4. 1 tablespoon oil
5. Oil for deep frying

Let the boiled potatoes cool and grate them. Mix the flour with salt, 1 tbsp oil and the grated potatoes. Mix till it forms a smooth dough. Don't use any water. Cover with a wet paper towel and set aside for 15 minutes. Divide into 6-8 equal parts and roll into a tortilla with a rollling pin by adding some flour on the surface.
Heat oil in a pan and add a little flour. If it comes up add the batura and when it comes up keep pouring hot oil on top ot it. Turn it and repeat till you start getting dark brown spots on the batura. Drain on a paper towel and serve hot with the Choley

Cholay (Chick pea curry with spices)

Punjabi Choley

Ingredients:

1. 1 can chickpeas washed and drained
2. 1 tablespoon oil
3. 1/2 cup finely chopped red onions
4. 1 large tomato chopped fine
5. 1/2 teaspoon each of salt, turmeric, coriander powder, cumin powder, cumin, dried mango powder (aamchur powder), garam masala, ginger-garlic paste
6. Corainder for garnishing

In a pan heat the oil and add the cumin and fry for a couple of minutes. Add the onions and fry till they start getting a little browned. Add all the ingredients of number 5. Fry for a minute. Add tomatoes and cover and cook till they become pulpy. Add the chickpeas and a cup of water, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Mash a few chicke peas. garnish with cilantro and serve with batura and thinly sliced onions