Paneer Pulao is a mild spicy, aromatic pulao version made by cooking long grain rice with tempered onions, tomato & spices and then blend with sautéed paneer. Paneer Pulao is an ideal food for special occasions, lunch box and is simple & quick to make. Paneer Pulao recipe is presented in this post with step by step pictures.
I have tasted paneer pulao couple of times in restaurants which was less spicy with mild flavours, since then I wanted to recreate the version and this one came close to what I expected.
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Paneer Pulao Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 1 and 1/2 cups water
- 200 gms paneer
- 1/4 cup peas
- 1 medium sized onion chopped lengthwise
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 nos green chillies chopped finely
- 1 small sized tomato
- 3 tbsp curd
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- 1 tsp coriander leaves
- salt to taste
To temper:
- a small piece
- 2 nos cloves
- 2 tsp oil
- 2 tsp ghee
- few curry leaves
Instructions
- Presoak basmati rice for 15-20mins, Set aside.
- Heat oil + ghee, add bayleaf, cloves, green chillies and ginger garlic paste, fry for 2mins, Add onion fry till golden brown. Then add tomato, saute until mushy and raw smell leaves.
- Now add peas, curd and garam masala fry for 2-3mins. Then add rice, give a stir then saute for a minute. Add water and required salt.
- Pressure cook for 2-3 whistles. Meanwhile toast paneer with little oil till golden brown.
- Once pressure releases fluff the rice with fork then add the toasted paneer immediately. Stir once and keep closed until serving time.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot. Enjoy Paneer Pulao!
Notes
- Adding paneer with the rice to cook makes the paneer rubbery so I use this method of toasting and adding it finally.
- Make sure to add paneer to the cooked rice immediately once pressure releases so that the flavour is well blended with paneer.
- You can add green chilli paste instead of green chillies.
- I added little peas you can skip it and make it just with paneer too.
Paneer Pulao Recipe Step by Step
- Presoak basmati rice for 15-20mins, Set aside. Heat oil + ghee, add bayleaf, cloves, curry leaves,greenchillies and ginger garlic paste, fry for 2mins, Add onion fry till golden brown. Then add tomato, saute until mushy and raw smell leaves.
- Now add peas, curd and garam masala fry for 2-3mins. Then add rice, give a stir then saute for a minute. Add water and required salt.
- Pressure cook for 2-3 whistles. Meanwhile toast paneer with little oil till golden brown. Once pressure releases fluff the rice with fork then add the toasted paneer immediately. Stir once and keep closed until serving time.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.The pulao pairs well with a spicy curry or paneer tikka masala.
Expert Tips
- Adding paneer with the rice to cook makes the paneer rubbery so I use this method of toasting and adding it finally.
- Make sure to add paneer to the cooked rice immediately once pressure releases so that the flavour is well blended with paneer.
- You can add green chilli paste instead of green chillies.
- I added little peas you can skip it and make it just with paneer too.
Sumi
very nice and subtle, Like it:)
Nisha
Neat. I trust anything with Paneer 😀
I think I'd like to pair your Paneer Pulao with your Malai Kofta Curry or Methi Matar Malai instead of a Paneer sabji 🙂
Farah
lovely clicks … looks soo tasty! 🙂
Angie's Recipes
A simple but very delicious dish. Love paneer!
Uma
Very well. Rice grains are tempting… Perfect recipe and pictures Sharmi..
Nitha
Love the clicks as usual.. yummy pulav..
Hema
Very perfectly done, looks awesome..
Deepa
Just wanted to ask the ingredients list says 8 nos curry leaves and a small piece ? But the recipe method has no curry leaves..can u pls update what should it be
Sharmilee J
Curry leaves is optional, if you prefer add it while tempering.
Shobha
I usually make peas pulao…will add paneer next time..looks yummy.
sangee vijay
Paneer Peas Pulao looks more inviting…sounds so easy n yummy too!!
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Kanchan
Looks lovely and totally delicious.
Torviewtoronto
pulao looks wonderful
Shabitha Karthikeyan
Simple and Yummy one pot meal !! Nice pictures..
Prathibha
my kind of pulav..its very regular at my place..
M D
That pulao looks gorgeous! It's Wednesday morning and you are tempting me beyond anything to have this for breakfast!
Aarthi
very simple pulav..but i can imagine the taste of it..
Rekha shoban
perfectly cooked rice…..looks colourful!
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Adding peas is a wonderful idea.. love the mixture of green and white.. yummy rice…
Sangeetha Nambi
Looks perfect !
Kavitha Bhargav
Very nice clicks. Especially the second picture looks like femina's recipe page picture 🙂
priya ravi
Sharmi , paneer pulao looks so colorful.. Perfectly done.. Really better than the restuarant ones ..
Vimitha Anand
Pulao looks so yummy and delicious…
Chandrani
Paneer pulao looks yummy.
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Complete one pot meal….simple and delish….
jeyashrisuresh
wow very nice one pot meal. Nice idea of frying the paneer separately.
Maayeka
very simple,delicious and fragrant rice..perfectly done ..
An Open Book
love anything with pulao in it..yummm
Spandana
Looks very subtle, flavorful and delicious!!! very nice pics!!
Soundarya V
Looks yummy and delicious..nice clicks..
Sobha Shyam
simple and delicious pulao..yum..
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Archana
Please move aside I want the whole dishful.:D
Anu
So yummy..just a perfect one..
Chitra
wow,Love the golden colored paneer a lot. awesome clicks.will make it for my kid..
Anu Nandu
I actually made something similar for dinner today – but mine was a dump all in the rice cooker and cook version. Love the simple rice recipe!
Vanamala Hebbar
very nice…good for brunch
TheYummyMorsel
Very elegant. It makes me want some right now!
Anonymous
delicious…add carrot also..garnish with mint leaves too…
sini
Tina
Tried this dish today.. Came out really well.. The taste was great.. Thank you for the recipe, Sharmi.. 🙂 🙂
RENU
it s so good n tasty thanks for the recipe.
sucheta dalvi
I am little confused being a new comer, please clarify that I have to simply soak raw rice and directly add, or have I to cook rice SEPARATELY and add in the pulao making process.
SHARMILEE J
No need to cook rice seperately.Soak rice, then add and pressure cook.
sucheta dalvi
Please tell one more thing..In the first step of heating oil+ghee and bay leaves, it has to be done in the pressure cooker itself??
SHARMILEE J
Yes Yes
Ragu Ram
looks yummy………. my life sucks without this food varieties 🙁
Parul Vohra
i hv tried it…. Its yummy…. well done (y)
Roshna Bi
I like this. just have a doubt, pulav means we should not add tomato. right?
SHARMILEE J
No it is not like for pulao we dont use tomato….depends on the recipe.
janu
Today's breakfast s ur recipe ly…:)) the taste came out very well… but I added capsicum too… so d rice was lil orange n green color… is that due to addin capsicum??
Lakshmitha Sivaprakasam
I tried this recipe. Came out soo well.. 😀 Super recipe.thanks!! 🙂
Lakshmitha Sivaprakasam
Tried your recipe today!! wow its fantastic 😀 we all loved it.. thanks
Shankar
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