Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Paneer Cilantro Pilaf

I personally love one pot meals. Pilaf or Pulav is one such versatile one pot meal which you could make it with almost any ingredient you have in your refrigerator or pantry. Today I wanted our humble fresh Cilantro leaves to play an important role in this dish. Mostly it serves its purpose so well as a garnish or a dip. But not today, here its an integral part of this Pilaf. Try it our for yourself and you will fall in love with it too. Also it makes me feel so good when working with fresh herbs.




Ingredients:
  • 2 cups basmati rice
  • 2 cups paneer diced
  • 1/2 cup fresh cilantro finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp freshly grated ginger
  • 2 green chillies slit
  • 2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 bay leaves
  • cinnamon stick
  • 1 black cardamom
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder
  • 1 tsp cumin-cilantro powder
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • salt to taste
Preparation :
  • Wash and Soak 2 cups of rice in 4 cups of water. Keep this aside for around 15-20 minutes.
  • Heat some oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds, bay leaves, black cardamom and cinnamon stick. Add the grated ginger. Fry for a minute. Next add green chillies and chopped cilantro. Mix it well and add the diced Paneer and fry for about 2 minutes.
  • Then add turmeric powder, salt, red chilli powder and cumin-coriander powder.
  • Add rice with the water which we had kept aside earlier. Let this cook uncovered on medium flame. Now when you see that most of the water has dried up (like 85-90%) set the stove to the lowest flame and c0ver the pan with a lid and cook for about 5 minutes.
  • Its ready to serve. Serve with Raita of your choice. The entire process should not take more than 35-40 minutes.
  • This recipe serves 4.

23 comments:

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  2. Wow Looks so tempting.. and my fav ingredients.. LOvely greenish yellow color makes me drool.

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  3. Yes, true..I too love the versatility of pulav :-) So for the same reason you will never get tired of this...Your version with cilantro and Paneer looks fabulous.

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  4. Wow delicious and yummy....Paneer and cilantro comb sounds gtreat dear....

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  5. I love one pot meal too! Looks so delicious ;)

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  6. yummy rice with paneer. Looks tempting.

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  7. Wowww omg, such a tempting and delicious pulao, that to with my fav paneer...lipsmacking here..

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  8. Paneer and Cilantro combination is simply yummy!!!! Delicious!!!!

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  9. delicious and i would love to ahve it with right now :)

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  10. Oh this look so good.Anything with paneer is excellent for me :)

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  11. Delicious and wonderful. Wish you are my neighbour. What else. just to eat your pilafs.

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  12. So wonderfully tempting n delicious.. Hey, we love a lot of things in common, like the ginger-tea, baked potatoes and this one..Cilantro pilaf is sure the best of rice as it has a beautiful aroma and makes me crave over n over! Thanks for sharing ur version dear!

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  13. Delicious and tempting paneer pulav..really balanced diet..looks tempting..

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  14. Anything with cilantro, I love it! Paneer is an awesome bonus :)

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  15. Delicious and tempting..paneer pilaf..just love it..

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  16. I was thinking that dint see your post for quite sometime. this one my Saviour dish, i also make it often but with methi leaves. this one also sounds tasty. would try once.

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  17. I loved it a lot... I've saved it too.... U have prepared it so perfectly..... Loved the grainy rice & paneer...... My Pasand!!!!!

    Ash....
    (http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

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  18. So delicious!! rocking combo dolly..For a great panner fan like me, this dish sure will please the palates!! Great click... :)

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  19. Oh my God,Really a tempting recipe yaar!!

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  20. i love paneer in anything, this surely looks delicious and very tempting , very nice recipe too...

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  21. love pilafs...and cilantro leaves always add color and flavour...

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  22. Oh boy, love paneer pulav, this looks very inviting to me. I am so delighted to see this recipe, cilantro must have given terrific flavor.

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