Kadhayi Paneer with mouth watering Daal ke Parathe

Daal Parathe with Kadhayi Paneer

 

Kadhayi Paneer with mouth watering Daal ke Parathe

Preparation time: 30 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Serving: 2 person

Ingredients:
For Kadhayi Paneer-

 Cottage cheese/Paneer: 200 gram

Medium sized onion (cut in cubes) : 2

Medium sized green capsicum (cut in cubes): 1

Medium sized tomato (cut in cubes): 2

Ginger: 2 inc piece (Crushed roughly)

Green chilly: 2 (Crushed roughly)

Turmeric powder: 1/2 tea spoon

Kasoori methi: 1/2 tea spoon

Cumin seeds

Oil: 5 tea spoon

Salt: to taste

For Kadhayi Paneer Masaala-

Coriander seeds: 2 table spoon

Bay Leaves: 2

Cloves: 2

Elaichi: 1

Black paper: 6-7

Cumin seeds: 2 table spoon

For Daal ke Parathe-

I had a cup of left over daal in my fridge, so I thought of utilizing it by making nice flavorful parathe out of it :) 

For this I needed the following ingredients:

Wheat flour: 1 cup

Gram flour (besan): 2 table spoon

Kasoori methi: 1/2 table spoon

Ajwain: 1/2 tea spoon

Small sized onion (finely chopped): 1

Red chilly powder: 1/4 tea spoon

Salt: 1/4 tea spoon

Oil: 1 tea spoon (for kneading the dough)

Oil: for making the parathe

Method:

For Kadhayi Paneer Masaala-

1. Keep a pan on the flame and when the pan is warn enough let all the condiments poured in it.

2. Keep stirring them all the time by keeping the flame on simmer.

3. When a nice aroma starts coming out from the pan's condiment, they have been roasted nicely.

4. Switch the flame off and let the condiments get cooled down to room temperature.

5. When they are at room temperature, grind them coarsely and keep aside to be used later.

Coarsely grind condiments

For Kadhayi Paneer-

1. In a pan take oil and switch the flame on to high flame, add cumin seeds.

2. when the cumin seeds start spluttering, bring the flame to medium and add ginger and chilly.

3. Keep stirring the mixture for 30 seconds.

4. Meanwhile cut the cottage cheese into small pieces (as you like the shape and size) and keep aside.

5. Add onion followed by capsicum keep stirring them.

Onions tossed

Capsicum added

6. When the onions are turning pink in color add tomatoes and cover it for a minute.

Tomatoes added

7. Open the lid and add turmeric powder and salt to it.

8. Let it simmer for one more minute.

9. Now, add the paneer cuber into it and the kadhayi paneer masala prepared along with kasoori methi; mix well with light hands so that the paneer is not broken.

Cottage cheese added

10. Cover with a lid and let it simmer for 2 minutes by adding some water (I used just 1/4th cup of water; you may add water as to how thick you want the gravy to be).

11. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and ginger julienne.

Kadhayi Paneed is ready!!

For Daal ke Parathe-

1. Take a bowl and mix all the ingredients for preparing the dough for parathe.

2. When the dough has been prepared, keep it aside for 15-20 mins to rest.

3. Now make small pede from the dough and roll it in round or triangular shaped parathe (as you wish to make them).

4. On a heated tava place the nicely rolled paratha and cook it untill it turns out nice and crisp from both the sides by applying some oil over its both the surfaces.

Daal Paratha

 You parathe are ready to serve with nice aromatic Kadhayi Paneer. You can accompany it with some sweetened curd  or chaach as you like it. :) :)

Note:

1. You can use Soya Tofu in place of Paneer as it is rich in protein, less in fat and if thought economically a cheaper option to cottage cheese.