Paneer Biryani

Name: Paneer Biryani
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup basmati rice; 20 paneer cubes fried lightly; 2 tbsp green peas; 10 fried cashewnuts; 1 small onion paste; 1 onion sliced finely; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1/2 tsp garlic paste; 1/4th tsp turmeric; 2 tbsp curd; 2 tbsp warm milk; Few strands of saffron; 2 drops mitha attar; 1 tbsp biryani masala; 3 cardamoms; 4-5 cloves; 1 small stick cinnamon; 5-6 black peppercorns; To taste salt; 1 tbsp ghee; 2 tbsp refined oil; 2 green chillies chopped; 1 tbsp chopped coriander

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

#riceisthebest
This is a delicious vegetarian one pot meal and can be served anytime be it lunch or dinner and enjoyed with chilled raita.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

#riceisthebest
This is a delicious vegetarian one pot meal and can be served anytime be it lunch or dinner and enjoyed with chilled raita.

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Ingredients

1 cupbasmati rice
20paneer cubes fried lightly
2 tbspgreen peas
10fried cashewnuts
1small onion paste
1onion sliced finely
1 tspginger paste
1/2 tspgarlic paste
1/4th tsp turmeric
2 tbspcurd
2 tbspwarm milk
Few strands of saffron
2 dropsmitha attar
1 tbspbiryani masala
3cardamoms
4-5cloves
1small stick cinnamon
5-6black peppercorns
To tastesalt
1 tbspghee
2 tbsprefined oil
2green chillies chopped
1 tbspchopped coriander

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Steps

1

Heat oil in a nonstick wok and add the ground onion ginger garlic paste alongwith curd,biryani masala and salt.Fry the masala alongwith some green peas.Then add the fried paneer cubes,cashewnuts,chopped coriander and toss.
2

Boil the rice with little salt and cook 75%.Drain and rinse rice to remove excess starch.The rice should not be sticky.
3

Add ghee to the wok and sprinkle half crushed whole garam masala.Fry the sliced onion crispy brown and set aside.
4

Add cashewnuts to the remaining oil and spread a layer of rice.Sprinkle orange red food colour,Saffron milk and mitha attar. Then spread the tossed paneer and green peas.Spread the remaining rice and fried onion and close lid tightly.Place the wok on a nonstick tawa and slow cook on low flame till done.Lightly shake and toss the wok and serve paneer biryani with chilled raita.