Green Pea And Paneer Rice With Coconut Curry Recipe
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Tarla Dalal
• Updated : Dec 06, 2024
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Perfectly cooked basmati rice, dotted with vibrant green peas and soft paneer cubes, is layered with a succulent curry of onions in coconut milk, and baked quickly in the Microwave to enhance and fuse the flavours of the curry with the rice.
The aroma of the curry, brought about by a rich paste of spices with coconut and khus- khus, is so deep and enticing it stirs awake the food-lover in you!
The aroma of the curry, brought about by a rich paste of spices with coconut and khus- khus, is so deep and enticing it stirs awake the food-lover in you!
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Preparation Time
15 Mins
Cooking Time
16 Mins
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Total Time
31 Mins
Makes
4 servings
Ingredients
For The Green Pea and Paneer Rice
- 3/4 cup boiled green peas
- 1/2 cup paneer (cottage cheese) cubes
- 3 cups soaked and cooked long grain rice (Basmati chawal)
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp caraway seeds (shahjeera)
- 1 tsp finely chopped green chillies
- salt to taste
For The Coconut Curry
- 1 cup coconut milk (nariyal ka doodh)
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/2 tsp sugar
To Be Blend Into A Paste (using 1 Tbsp Of Water)
- 4 garlic (lehsun) cloves
- 4 whole dry Kashmiri red chilli , broken into pieces
- 2 tsp coriander (dhania) seeds
- 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
- 2 tsp poppy seeds (khus-khus)
- 3 tbsp grated coconut
- 4 cardamom (elaichi)
- 1/2 tsp roughly chopped ginger (adrak)
Other Ingredients
- ghee for greasing
Method
For the coconut curry
- Heat the ghee in a broad non-stick pan, add the onions and sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the prepared paste and 2 tbsp of water, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Add the coconut milk, sugar and salt, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 4 to 5 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Keep aside.
- Heat the ghee in a broad non-stick pan, add the caraway seeds and sauté on a medium flame for a few seconds.
- Add the rice, green peas, paneer, green chillies and salt, mix gently and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Keep aside.
- Divide the rice into 2 equal portions.
- Grease a microwave safe dish with ghee and spread 1 portion of the rice evenly using the back of a spoon.
- Pour the coconut curry over it and spread it evenly.
- Finally put all the remaining rice over it, spread it evenly and microwave on high for 3 minutes.
- Turn the dish upside down on a big serving plate.
- Serve immediately.
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Nutrient values (Abbrv)per plate
| Energy | 548 Calories |
| Protein | 9.7 g |
| Carbohydrates | 48.0 g |
| Fiber | 11.0 g |
| Fat | 35.3 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 3 mg |
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Rita M
April 14, 2020, 8:43 p.m.
I have made this recipe many times over the years. My family loves this. Thank you.
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