Paneer and Jeera Pulao | Indian Pulao Recipes

This Paneer and Jeera Pulao, I tasted in my friends house. In this recipe, she used the crumbled paneer and it tastes great when combined with the smell of jeera (cumin seeds). So I tried the same at home last Saturday and prepared the mushroom matar curry as the side dish to go with it and the crispy mushroom pakora as snack. Everything goes very well together. So let's see the preparation of easy crumbled paneer and jeera pulao recipe.

You can check some of the tasty pulao recipes in the blog here.. Below given some links.. 

Peas pulao

Capsicum pulao

Mushroom pulao

Vegetable pulao

Channa pulao 

Paneer and Jeera Pulao

Preparation time: 15 min | Cook Time: 35 min | Serves: 5

Recipe Category: Main | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients 

Basmati Rice - 2 cups

Onion - 1 big (cut lengthwise)

Jeera - 2 tsp

Crumbled Paneer - 1/2 cup

Green chili - 1

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp

Water - 3 cups

Oil - 2 tsp

Ghee - 3 tbsp

Salt as per taste 

Coriander leaves for garnishing 

To Temper

Cloves - 4 to 5

Cinnamon stick - 1 crushed 

Cardamom - 1 pod

Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp

Star anise - 1

Bay leaf - 1 crushed 

Method 

1. Start soaking the basmati rice now or soak it for 20minutes and filter the water and keep ready. Now in the cooker, add oil. When hot, add the ingredients mentioned in To Temper. Also add the cumin seeds. 

2. When the seeds splutter, add the onions, ginger garlic paste and sauté till the raw smell of ginger goes off. Then add the green chillies.

3. Meanwhile crumble the paneer and add to the pan.

4. Now add the soaked rice and the 1tbsp ghee and fry for a while. ( around 2 minutes in medium flame).

5. Now add the water and when it starts boiling, check for the seasoning and close the lid and cool at low flame for 10 minutes exactly. Switch off the switch off the stove. After a while open the lid and add the remaining ghee and slightly mix the pulao without breaking the rice.

6. Close the lid again for another 5 min and then serve the Paneer and Jeera Pulao with the yummy Mushroom Matar Curry.

Tasty and yummy crumbled paneer and jeera pulao is ready to be eaten. ☺️☺️

Notes:

1. Here i didn't add bay leaf, as I don't have that time. So don't get confused seeing the Ingredients and the picture. 

2. Since we need the rice to be our white color, I haven't added the coriander and mint leaves. If you want you can add after sauting the onions. 

3. My daughter crumbled the paneer very nicely, so it's hard to see in the picture. Try to crumble it slightly. 

4. Cooking time depends on the pressure cooker. So check your pressure pan or pressure cooker instructions accordingly. Mine always takes 10 minutes, in low flame. 

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Jeera rice | How to make jeera rice | Rice varieties

Jeera rice / Jeera pulao / Cumin Rice is one of the easy rice recipe and can be make in a jiffy. Any side dish can go well with this jeera rice.

Ingredients

• Basmati Rice - 2 cups
• Water - 3 cups
• Onion - 1 
• Jeera - 2 tsps
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Ghee - 1 tsp
• Green chillies - 1 (optional)
• Fennel seeds - 2 pinchs (optional)
• Cinnamon stick - 1 inch (optional) 
• Star anise - 1 (optional)
• Bay leaf - little crushed (optional)
• Salt - 1 tsp ( or as per taste)

Method
1. Soak the basmati rice for 20 to 30 min in water.
2. Mean while heat oil and add the fennel seeds, cinnamon stick, bay leaves and star anise and fry for a while.
3. Add the jeera and fry. Add in the chopped onions, green chillies and coriander leaves.
4. Add the ghee and saute the onion well. Add the water and allow to boil.
5. Add the soaked rice and let it cook for 10 min in sim.
6. Give a stir and serve with raita or any side dish.

I had it with lima beans curry which I will be posting soon.