Double decker paratha

I was very confused as to how will both sweet vegetables i.e. Peas and Carrot go along. They both are sweet in taste. But I was amazed by the combination with proper quantity of green chillies. In this recipe the proportion of chillies is very important, we need to keep that in mind.

Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 30 mins
Makes 4 servings

What all you will need:
12 chapatis

For The Carrot Stuffing
1/2 cup grated carrot
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/2 tsp finely chopped green chillies
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp oil
salt to taste

For The Green Peas Stuffing
1 1/2 cups boiled and mashed green peas
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1 tsp finely chopped green chillies
1 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)
1/2 tsp oil
salt to taste

Other Ingredients
2 tsp oil for cooking

How do we make them:
For the carrot stuffing
1. Heat the oil in a non-stick pan and fry the cumin seeds until they crackle.
2. Add the carrots, green chillies, lemon juice and salt and mix well.
3. Cover and cook for 2 minutes. Keep aside.

For the green peas stuffing
1. Heat the oil in a non-stick pan and fry the cumin seeds until they crackle.
2. Add the green chillies, coriander and salt and cook for 1 minute.
3. Add the green peas and cook for another minute. Keep aside.

How to proceed
1. Spread 1 tablespoon of the carrot stuffing on one chapatti and cover with another chapatti.
2. Then spread 1 tablespoon of the green peas stuffing, place another chapatti on the top and press firmly to seal the edges.
3. Cook the resultant double decker parathas on a tava (griddle) on both sides, using a little oil.
R4. epeat with the remaining chapattis and stuffing to make 3 more parathas.
Serve hot.

Palak-Carrot soup

Ingredients you will need:
Coriander leaves - just few
Green Chilly - 2nos (Should not be very spicy)
Wheat Flour - 2 tbsp
Palak - 250gms
Carrot - 100gms
Garlic - 6 cloves
Pepper - to taste
Ginger - 1 inch
Butter - 1 tbsp
Onion - 2 small
Milk - 1/2 cup
Salt - to taste
Water


How do you proceed:

1. Separate the palak and coriander leaves from the roots. You should use most of the stem part for the soup. Wash it well and cut the leaves into halves .
2. Wash and peel the carrot skin and and cut them into cubes.
3. Cut the onion lengthwise.
4. Peel Ginger and cut into small cubes. Also peel the garlic and keep aside.
5. Cut the green chillies about 2cms in length.
6. Now pressure cook palak, coriander leaves, Carrot, Onion, ginger, garlic and green chillies using milk and some water. Let it cook very well.
7. Allow the above to cool completely.
8. Separate out the vegetables only and put it in the mixer-grinder with almost no water. Make it into very fine paste. Keep in mind that there should be very minimal water, else the vegetables will not grind into fine paste.
9. Now in a kadhai heat the butter and allow it to melt. Now add the Wheat flour and fry it till you get a good aroma.
10. Now add the ground paste to the kadhai. Add the water left out after we pressure cooked the vegetables. Let the soup boil.
11. Now add salt and pepper and stir it.
12. Serve the soup hot with some crostini or bread or breadsticks.

White sauce spread

Ingredients:
Milk - 1Cup
All purpose flour (Maida) - 1Tbsp
Cooking butter - 2Tbsp
Onion - 1 chopped into cubes
Green chilly and garlic paste
Salt to taste
Mint leaves (not a key ingredient)

Method:
1. Melt the butter in a frying pan.
2. Add the chopped Onion and fry till slightly brown.
3. Add the chilly, garlic paste and the chopped mint leaves. Fry well for few minutes.
4. Now add the maida and fry for few more minutes.
5. Add salt and mix well.
6. Finally add milk, mix well and allow to cook. Taste the mix and maida should be cooked well.
7. Serve it with a toasted bread. Cheese lovers, can grate cheese over the spread and enjoy it.


Variations:
1. We can also add boiled sweet corn kernels to the above spread and mix well and spread over bread.