Sunday, February 20, 2011

Tawa Paneer Pulao


Tawa paneer pulao,the name itself makes me hungry, i have bookmarked this simple,delicious,super tempting pulao at Padma's Plantain Leaf before a year, u know some blogger buddies are truly close to ur heart eventhough we never ever met them personally, one among those buddy is Padma, she never failed to encourage me with her beautiful comments and i love going through her space coz of her versatile cooking..As i told before its time to cook and taste many of my bookmarked recipes which were sitting since a long in my draft, i have to say a big thanks to Padma for sharing this wonderful one pot meal..We enjoyed having this tempting pulao sterday for our lunch, we guys are paneer lovers so anything with paneer goes directly to our favourite list, our new addition to that favourite list is this Tawa Paneer Pulao..

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TAwa Paneer Pulao
Ingredients:
  • 1cup Paneer (cubed)
  • 1cup Green capsicum (cubed)
  • 1no Onion (chopped)
  • 2nos Tomatoes (chopped)
  • 1tsp Ginger garlic paste
  • 1tsp Red chilly powder
  • 2tsp Dry methi leaves
  • 2cups Cooked Basmati Rice
  • 1/2tsp Garam masala powder
  • 1/4tsp Turmeric powder
  • 2nos Whole spices (bay leaves,cloves,cardamom & cinnamon stick)
  • Oil
  • Salt
  • Few curry leaves

To Roast & Grind:
  • 1tbsp Coriander seeds
  • 1tsp Cumin seeds
Method:
Dry roast the coriander seeds and cumin seeds and grind as powder..;Heat enough oil in a large kadai, fry the whole spices,curry leaves..add immediately the chopped onions,ginger garlic paste and sauté until the onions turns transculent, add immediately chopped tomatoes,cook until the turns mushy..now add the cubed capsicum along with red chilly powder, garam masala powder,turmeric powder and dry methi leaves, cook for few minutes, now add the cubed paneer to the cook veggies..Stir for few minutes until the oil get separates..

Immediately add the cooked rice, grounded powder and toss gently until everything get well mixed..Enjoy warm with any sort of side dish or raitas..

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

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