Basmati rice 1/2 cup Paneer cubes 3/4 cup Green peas 1/4 cup Onion 1 Tomato 1/2 Ginger a small piece Garlic 3 pods Green chili 1 Cumin powder 1/2 tsp Coriander powder 1/2 tsp Garam masala 2 pinches Butter 3 tsp Oil 1 tsp Mint leaves few Kasoori methi a pinch
Grind the ginger garlic and chili into a paste. Finely shop the mint leaves, onions and tomato. In a pan add oil and add the paneer cubes and saute it till golden brown. Soak this in hot water for 10 minutes. Mean while wash the basmati rice and soak it in 3/4 cup water for 15 minutes. Keeping paneer in water makes the paneer soft.
In a pan | cooker add butter and add the onions. Saute till it becomes pink. Add the ginger garlic green chili paste to this and cook in a low flame.
Add the tomatoes and cook till they are mushy. Add the mint leaves to this. Keep the flame low.
Add the cumin powder, garam masala and coriander pwoder. Add salt to this. Cook for a minute and add green peas.
Add the soaked rice and squeeze the water from the paneer cubes and add them to the pan.
Add the water to this and cover the cooker. The entire process can be made in the cooker, i just made it in the pan to make the pictures clear. Pressure cook till one whistle and keep the flame very low for 5 minutes and switch it off.
Fluff the rice with a fork. Easy and delicious paneer peas pulav is ready.
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