Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese) is an eternal favorite at our home. The chances of our fridge not carrying this is not very often. Its also a convenience food for me since I can whip up almost anything in a jiffy in case of sudden guests or when cravings of some sort in the lazy weekend evenings take over. And something similar happened recently. My Husband's friend was coming from another state for a quick business trip and since he has like 3 hours to cut time before his flight, he asked us if he could come over for dinner.

I opened my fridge in a jiffy - saw some paneer and not so interesting vegetables, opened my freezer saw some frozen peas. The mind raced through dishes - "shall I make Muttar Paneer?" - I asked my husband. He was like "mmh!..dint we have it just last week, I want something else with Paneer!" "But I dont have any other interesting vegetables! I just have an hour to prepare something before your friend comes." - I said "Oh well (sulking) - ok then make it then" - He said "Ok let's strike a bargain - How does Muttar Paneer Parathas sound to you? - I can serve it with some mint raita" - I said "What is muttar Paneer paratha?" - my husband, thoroughly confused "Wait and See " - I said simply. Its a simple grated Paneer and mashed peas mixed together with seasoning and used as a stuffing inside an Indian flatbread. Simple, yummy and an absolute winner. This is how I made it. It made up about 8-10 parathas for us. I like it little thick. If you want you can easily halve the recipe.