Matar Paneer kadai rice

Matar Paneer kadai rice

                         Matar paneer kadai is an best combinational recipe. Paneer and Matar is an made for each other recipe. It is an special recipe with awesome ground kada masala. Mix this masala with cooked basmathi rice to get an flavourful pulao or rice.

Ingredients:

• Basmathi rice - 1 cup
• Water - 3/4 cup
• Paneer - 200g
• Green peas - 1/2 cup
• Onion - 2 (Chopped)
• Tomato - 1 (Chopped)
• Green Chillies - 2 (chopped)
• Ginger/Garlic paste - 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Sugar - 1/2 tsp
• Butter - 1 tbsp
• Salt - as needed.

How to make kadai masala Powder:

Dry roast and make ground powder:

• Coriander seeds - 2 tsp
• Pepper - 1 tsp
• Red chillies - 4
• Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Green Cardamom - 4
• Cloves - 4
• Cinnamon stick - 1 inch

How to pressure cook Basmathi rice :

• Soak the basmathi rice in water for 20 mins. Heat 1 tbsp of butter in a pressure cook, add the drained rice and suate it for 2 mins.

• Add 3/4 cup of water. let them boil and close the pressure cook and leave it for 3 whistle.

• Apply 1 tsp butter and transfer it into an plate to avoid sticking together and keep aside.

Method:

• Cut the paneer into cubes and keep aside.

• Cook the green peas in water, drain the water and keep aside.

• Dry roast all the kada masala ingredients and grind it in a mixer into ground powder and keep aside. 

• Heat oil in a pan, add the chopped onions and saute, it until golden brown color.

• Now, add the ginger/garlic paste saute it for another few mins.Then, add the tomatoes, turmeric powder, salt and mix well. Add Water to cook the tomatoes.

• After tomatoes get cooked well and mushy,now add salt, sugar, chopped paneer, green chillies , cooked green peas and mix well.

• Atlast add the needed kadai masala powder and toss it well for few mins.

• Now ,mix the cooked basmathi rice with matar paneer kadai masala ans serve this spicy and hot pulao.

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