Healthy Brown Rice Paneer Pulao by Brinda Gandhi, Dietician

Name: Healthy Brown Rice Paneer Pulao by Brinda Gandhi, Dietician
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Ingredie brown basmati rice; 1/2 tsp oil; 1/2 tsp salt; 5 cups water; 2 tbsp ghee; 1 bayleaf; 1 " stick cinnamon; 3 pods green cardamom; 1 star anise; 1/2 tsp fennel/ sauf seeds; 1 tsp jeera; 1 onion, finely chopped; 1/4 cup curds; 200 gms paneer cubes, browned in 1 tsp ghee; 1 tsp ginger - garlic paste; 2 green chillies, slit; 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder (haldi); 1 tomato, finely chopped; 1/2 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder; 1 tsp Shahi biryani masala; 1 tsp salt; 2 tbsp mint, finely chopped; 2 tbsp coriander, finely chopped; 1 tbsp finely chopping coriander leaves for garnishing

Brinda Gandhi @cook_16217426

Mumbai, India

Here is an healthy recipe made using brown basmati rice instead of white rice to make it more healthier by Brinda Gandhi, Dietician & Nutritionist from Mumbai, India

Brinda Gandhi @cook_16217426

Mumbai, India

Here is an healthy recipe made using brown basmati rice instead of white rice to make it more healthier by Brinda Gandhi, Dietician & Nutritionist from Mumbai, India

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Ingredients

4 servings

1 cupIngredie brown basmati rice
1/2 tspoil
1/2 tspsalt
5 cupswater
Ingredients for the Pulao
2 tbspghee
1bayleaf
1" stick cinnamon
3 podsgreen cardamom
1star anise
1/2 tspfennel/ sauf seeds
1 tspjeera
1onion, finely chopped
1/4 cupcurds
200 gmspaneer cubes, browned in 1 tsp ghee
1 tspginger - garlic paste
2green chillies, slit
1/4 tspTurmeric powder (haldi)
1tomato, finely chopped
1/2 tspKashmiri red chilli powder
1 tspShahi biryani masala
1 tspsalt
2 tbspmint, finely chopped
2 tbspcoriander, finely chopped
1 tbspfinely chopping coriander leaves for garnishing

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Steps

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For cooking the Brown Rice
Heat 5 cups of water in a vessel, once the water comes to boil, add the salt, oil and soaked brown rice and cook them on medium flame till 90% cooked for 10-12 minutes.
Remove the cooked rice from water and keep aside.Tip : Make sure you do not overcook the rice
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How to proceed
Heat ghee in a non stick pan and add the whole spices, saute for 2 minutes on medium flame
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Add the chopped onions, ginger-garlic paste, green chillies & saute till they onions turn translucent.
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Add the chopped tomato & saute till the tomatoes turns soft & mushy
Add the turmeric powder, chilli powder, biryani masala and salt. Mix well and cook on slow flame for 2 minutes.
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Add 1/4 cup water & let the spices cook.
Add whisked curds and saute till the curds combines well in the mixture.
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Add mint leaves, coriander leaves, browned paneer and mix well.
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Spread the cooked rice evenly on top of the gravy, cover & let it simmer for 5 minutes on slow flame so that the ricr will soak in all the flavours.
Serve hot with mixed vegetable raita.
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For detailed video click on the below link - https://youtu.be/wz40ANMzMLA
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Brinda Gandhi @cook_16217426

on March 29, 2019 04:30

Mumbai, India

Dietician & Nutritionist with 10 years of experience into diet & creating healthy recipes, ex Tarla Dalal employee and author of 30+ cookbooks under Tarla Dalal brand, ex Asst. Editor of food magazine, running cookong shows, cooking classes & health talk shows. Worked with a boarding school having 600+ students from grade 1-12, preparing their diet & weekly menus & teaching chefs each recipe for 600 people.Helped lota of restaurants remap their menus & create new menus for themWorked with Joos Foods for 1 year as consultant Dietician & Nutritionist and curated new 50+ new healthy recipes, authored more than 50 healthy articles on my blog, Facebook account - Brinda Gandhi, Instagram account - gandhi_brinda