Paneer Pulao Video by Tarla Dalal

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Paneer pulao a simple, quick and delicious rice recipe with tangy flavour combined with paneer and rice to make it worth a try!

Recipe Description for Paneer Pulao, Quick Paneer Pulao Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 25 mins
Makes 4 servings
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Ingredients

For Paneer Pulao
1 1/4 cups rice (chawal) , soaked for 1 hour and drained
2 cups paneer (cottage cheese) cubes
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp ghee
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1 bay leaf (tejpatta)
1 black cardamom (badi elaichi)
1 cinnamon (dalchini) stick
1 star anise (chakri phool)
1 cup thinly sliced onions
1 tbsp ginger-garlic (adrak-lehsun) paste
1 tbsp diagonally chopped green chillies
1/2 thinly sliced tomatoes
1/4 cup curd (dahi)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tsp coriander-cumin seeds (dhania-jeera) powder
1/2 tbsp biryani masala
1/4 cup fried onions
2 tbsp chopped mint leaves (phudina)
2 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)
salt to taste

Method

For paneer pulao

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Fry on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes until light golden brown from all the sides. Keep aside.
Heat the oil and ghee in a pressure cooker, add cumin seeds, bay leaf, black cardamom, cinnamon and star anise. Mix well.
Add the onions and sauté on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes or till the onions turn light golden brown in colour.
Add the ginger-garlic paste and green chillies and sauté on a medium flame for another 1 minute.
Add the tomatoes and sauté again for 2 minutes. Add curd, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander-cumin seeds powder, biryani masala, fried onions, mint leaves and coriander.
Mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the rice, fried paneer, salt to taste and 2 cups of hot water. Mix well and pressure cook on a medium flame for 2 whistles.
Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid.
Serve the {span class="bold1"}paneer pulao{/span} hot.

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