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

Rolled oats potato cutlet

Once in a while the people in my house start thinking of eating "healthy" and we get a ton of things which will not finish up once the initial fad has faded. One such ingredient is the rolled quick oats.

I was looking for something different to make on a Sunday so I found the recipe for Oat Aloo Tikki by Tarla Dalal. Its pretty yummy. I served it with Paneer chole

Rolled oats potato cutlet (Quick cooking oats and potato patties)

Oats Potato patties

Oats Aloo Tikki Paneer Chole

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup plain rolled oats
2. 1 cup masala oats (or increase the rolled oats quantity)
3. 2 medium large potatoes boiled and mashed
4. 1 medium small carrot grated fine
5. 1/2-1/3 cup paneer grated (optional)
6. 1 teaspoon salt (use less if using masala oats)
7. 1 teaspoon amchur powder (dried mango powder) or substitute with 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
8. 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
9. 1 Thai chillie chopped fine
10. handful of coriander leaves chopped fine
11. 2-3 tablespoons water
12. oil for shallow frying

Mix all the ingredients for the patties and add water in the end to make a stiff dough. Divide it into 12 parts and make them into 1/2 inch thick patties.

Heat 1-2 tablespoons of oil on a griddle and fry the patties 2-3 minutes on each side. Serve it as is with ketchup or with Chole on the side for a full meal