Paneer Rice

Paneer Rice

Ingredients

For Rice
Basmati Rice (chawal) 2 cup
Onions (payaz), finely chopped ½ cup
Mix vegetable (sabziya), chopped ½ cup
Garlic (lahsan), paste 1 table spoon
Ginger (adrakh) paste 1 table spoon
Black pepper (kali mirch), powder ½ tea spoon
Fennel seeds (saunf), powder ½ tea spoon
Hot spices (garam masala) 1 tea spoon
Red chilli (lal mirch) powder ½ tea spoon
Turmeric (haldi) powder ½ tea spoon
Salt  to taste
Curry leaves (curry patta) 1 sprig
Lemon juice (nimboo ka ras) 2 table spoon
Chopped coriander (hara dhaniya) 3-4 table spoon
Clarified butter 3 table spoon
Vegetable oil 1 table spoon

For Balls

Cottage cheese (paneer) 100 grams
Potato (aalo) 1 medium
Onion (payaz), chopped 2 table spoon
Garlic (lahsan) 1 table spoon
Ginger (adrakh) 1 table spoon
Green chili (hara mirch) chopped 1 table spoon
Salt (namak) to taste
Coriander leaves (hara dhaniya), chopped 2 table spoon
All purpose flour 3 table spoon
Vegetable Oil for frying

Instructions

  1. Boil and mash potatoes and keep aside.
  2. Mash Paneer and add potatoes, onion, ginger, garlic, green chillies, coriander leaves and salt. Mix it well.
  3. Take all purpose flour in a bowl, add water and make a smooth batter. (Batter should not be very thick).
  4. Heat enough oil in a pan.
  5. Dip each ball in all purpose flour batter and fry till the balls are golden brown.
  6. Remove the crispy fried balls from the oil and place and keep aside.

For Rice

  • 1. Wash and soak rice for 15 minutes.
  • 2. Boil rice with some salt and 1 tea spoon of vegetable oil and keep it aside.
  • 3. Heat clarified butter add onions, and cook till it becomes golden in colour.
  • 4. Add the curry leaves, ginger and garlic and sauté it for about 1 minute.
  • 5. Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, hot spices and fennel powder and stir it,
  • 6. Now add the chopped vegetables and stir it for 5-7 minutes.
  • 7. Then add rice and salt and cook it for 7-8 minutes.
  • 8. Now add prepared paneer balls and mix it with soft hand.
  • 9. Now add lemon juice and chopped coriander and put the flame off.
  • 10. Serve Paneer rice with salad.

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