Green Peas Parathas

Ingredients :
For the stuffing :
2 teacups boiled green peas
5 green chillies, finely chopped
1 tsp jeera
1 tbsp ghee
salt to taste
For the dough :
3 teacups whole meal flour
2 tbsp ghee
½ tsp salt
For the parathas :
Ghee for frying

Method :

For the stuffing :
Mash the boiled green peas. Heat the ghee in a vessel and sauté the jeera.
Put the green chillies, sauté for 1 minute and then put the mashed peas and salt. Cook for 1 minute and allow the mixture to cool.

For the dough
Sieve the flour with the salt. Apply ghee to the flour.
Use water and make into small parts.
Knead properly and divide into 10 to 12 parts.

How to proceed
Take a small part of the dough, flatten a little and put 1 tbsp of the green peas mixture in the center.
Cover the mixture by drawing up the edges towards the center.
Press on a floured board and roll out into a round as large as saucer.
Put the paratha on a hot tava (griddle). Cook for a minute or two and turn once. After 1 minute, put a little ghee around the edges, turn again and fry the other side. When brown patches appear on both sides, the paratha is ready.
Repeat the same procedure for the rest of the dough.
Ready to serve hot.

Cooker Naan

Ingredients :

500 grams maida
1½ tsp sugar
20 grams fresh yeast or 2 tsp dry yeast
2 tbsp fresh curds
25 grams ghee or margarine or butter
1 tsp salt



Method :

Sieve the flour properly.
Put the sugar and yeast in 1 teacup of warm water and mix till the yeast dissolves. Cover and wait for 5 to 7 minutes until the mixture is full of froth.
Put this liquid along with the curds, ghee and salt to the flour and make soft dough by using some more warm water.
Knead the dough for at least 6 to 7 minutes.
Keep the dough under a wet cloth for 30 minutes. Knead again for 1 minute.
Divide the dough into 20 small parts and shape into naans.
Grease a pressure cooker very lightly with oil. Take out the lid from the pressure cooker and heat it upside down.
Take each naan, apply a little water on one side and stick the wet side around the inside of the pressure cooker till brown spots appear. Continue the same procedure for the remaining naans. (One at a time you can apply 3 to 4 naans inside the walls of a pressure cooker).
Take out and apply butter.
Ready to serve.

Chapati

Ingredients :

Wheat flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ghee



Method :
Prepare dough by mixing together ½ cup of water, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp ghee and just enough wheat flour.
Knead well. Let the dough be a little softer than that of puri.
Keep aside for an hour.
Then shape parts of dough into balls bigger than the ones fit for puris.
Dust with wheat flour.
Roll into chapatis on a rolling board.
Smear chapati tawa with ghee. Keep on flame.
Roast both sides of chapati on the tawa moderately.
Ready to serve.

Bhaturas

Ingredients :

500 grams maida
1½ tsp sugar
20 grams fresh yeast or 2 tsp dry yeast
2 tbsp fresh curds
25 grams ghee or margarine or butter
1 tsp salt

Other ingredients :
Oil for deep frying

Method :
Sieve the flour properly.
Put the sugar and yeast in 1 teacup of warm water and mix till the yeast gets dissolves. Cover and leave for 5 to 7 minutes till the mixture is full of froth.
Put this liquid along with the curds, ghee and salt to the flour. Put some warm water to make a soft dough.
Knead the dough for 6 to 7 minutes.
Keep the dough in a wet cloth for 30 minutes. Knead for 1 minute.
Divide the dough into 20 parts. Apply a little ghee and roll out puris.
Deep fry the puris in oil.
Ready to serve.

Aloo Ki Puri

Ingredients :

2 teacups maida
2 potatoes, boiled
2 pinches pepper powder
½ teacup milk
2 pinches saffron
2 tbsp melted ghee
½ tsp salt
ghee for deep frying

Method :

Peel and grate the potatoes and make a fine paste.
Mix the flour, pepper, ghee and salt properly.
Put the saffron in the milk and mix with the flour. If you want, put a little saffron colour in the milk.
Knead and dough properly. Leave aside for 1 hour.
Roll into small puris and deep fry in hot ghee till they puff up.
Ready to serve.

Yogurt with Cucumber Raita Recipe (Punjab - North India)

Ingredients:
2 green cucumbers
Salt and black pepper to taste
2 tablespoons finely chopped spring onion
2 cups yogurt
1'/2 teaspoons roasted cumin seeds (optional)
Garnish:
1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander or mint

Method:
Peel the cucumbers, halve them lengthways and remove the seeds. Cut the cucumbers into small dice, sprinkle with salt and leave for 15 minutes, then drain away liquid and rinse the cucumbers quickly in cold water. Drain well. Combine with onion, yogurt, lemon juice and taste to see if more salt is required. Roast the cumin seeds in a dry pan, shaking pan or stirring constantly, until brown. Bruise or crush seeds and sprinkle over yogurt. Serve chilled, garnished with mint or coriander.