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Paneer Peas Pulao is a delicious North Indian dish. Though pulao is generally cooked by boiling rice in a handi / big bowl, I prepared this pulao in a pressure cooker. The raisins and cashew nuts added to the pulao, bring out the authentic taste in this Paneer (cottage cheese) Peas Pulao. Ingredients: Basmati rice: 2 cups (200 gms) Paneer (cottage cheese), cubed: 150 gms Peas, shelled: 1 cup (100 gms) Cashew nuts, halved: 50 gms Raisins: 50 gms Bay leaf: 2 Cinnamon stick: 1" Cloves: 4-5 Green Cardamoms: 2-3 Vegetable oil: 3-4 tbsp Sugar: 2 tsp (optional) Salt to taste Water: 3&1/2 cups Procedure: Wash rice thoroughly, let it soak in a bowl for 30 mins, drain and keep aside. Boil water in a bowl, put the paneer cubes, simmer and soak for 2-3 mins. Drain and keep aside. Heat oil in a frying pan, release the cashew nuts and saute till light golden. Remove and set aside. Similarly lightly saute the raisins, drain oil and keep aside. Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add whole spi...

Yday it was very hot and humid. Thought of making plain rice and chicken curry for dinner. But on second thought wanted to prepare either jeera rice or peas pulao. But somehow ended up making a jeera peas rice, a tasty variation on plain boiled rice, with jeera and peas. Here is the recipe? Ingredients: 2 cups / 400 gms basmati rice (long grain rice) 4 cups water (ratio 1 cup rice = 2 cups water) 1-1/2 tsp salt (to taste) 1 tsp cumin seeds / jeera 1 cup / 100 gms shelled peas 2 tbsp white oil 1 tsp ghee 1 bunch chopped coriander leaves, for garnishing cucumber slices, for garnishing 4-5 green chillies, for garnishing Procedure: Wash the Basmati rice well in running water. Soak in water for 30 mins. Drain water in a strainer / colander and keep aside. Take a nonstick pressure cooker (ordinary cooker will also do, but give a little bit more oil), heat oil. Add jeera let them splutter. Reduce the flame, add the peas and saut? for 2 mins. Add the rice and salt and stir a little. Add water ...

Vegetable Pulao is a very popular dish in Indian cooking prepared with rice and vegetables and served with raita / yoghurt and salad. I used to prepare vegetable pulao in the traditional way of boiling rice and vegetables in a cooker but tried this recipe in the microwave (900 wattage). It tasted just as fine. Here is the recipe: Ingredients: Vegetables (equal quantity each) 50 gms peas, shelled 50 gms carrot, finely chopped 50 gms cauliflower florets, small pieces 50 gms french beans, finely chopped 1 cup basmati rice 100 gms paneer, cut into small cubes 1 large onion, chopped 1 tsp jeera / cumin seeds 1 large cinnamon sticks / dalchini (halved into 2 pieces) 2 cloves / laung / lobongo 2 black cardamoms / badi elachi (crushed) 2 bay leaves / tejpata 50 gms raisins / kishmish 1 tsp ghee / white oil 2 cups water salt to taste Garnish: roasted cashewnuts / kaju (halved) 1 bunch coriander leaves, finely chopped Procedure: Wash the rice thoroughly. Take a deep bowl of water and soak rice ...