Paneer dum biryani
Ingredients-
For paneer marination:
150 grams paneer
1 cup gin
1 tea spoon ginger paste
1 tea spoon garlic paste
2 green chilies chopped
1 table spoon chopped coriander leaves
½ table spoon chopped mint leaves
½ tea spoon turmeric powder
½ tea spoon red chili powder
½ tea spoon garam masala powder
½ tea spoon coriander powder
1 tea spoon lime juice
salt to taste
Cooking the rice:
1 ½ cup basmati rice
6 cups water
1tea spoon salt
2 inch cinnamon
2 medium bay leaf
2 to 3 cloves
2 to 3 green cardamoms
Other prepping -
½ cup milk
15 -16 saffron strands
½ cup ghee
1 table spoon chopped coriander leave
2 medium to large onions chopped
4-5 cashews
4-5 almonds
4-5 raisons
Method-
Warm ½ cup milk, add 15 to 16
saffron strands to the milk. Stir and keep aside.
Take hung curd in a mixing bowl.
Add ginger garlic paste, chopped green chilies, chopped coriander leaves
and chopped mint leaves & mix well. Now add the all spices and salt to
taste, mix again.
Then add ½ of the fried onions and
paneer cubes.
Mix gently. Cover and keep the marinated paneer aside for 30 minutes.
Fry some cashews, almonds, raisons
Making the rice:
Soak the rice in water for 30
minutes.
Bring 6 cups water to a rolling boil in a pot.
Add whole spices - cinnamon, bay leaf ,
cloves , green cardamoms & add 1 tsp salt, now add the soaked rice.
Rice grains have to be cooked till
75%. Drain the rice in a colander. You
can also rinse the rice grains to remove starch if any and to stop the grains
from cooking. Cover with a lid and keep the rice aside.
Layering and
dum biryani-
Add the same oil in which we fried the onions to a pan
Add the marinated paneer and layer neatly.
Mix biryani masala in rice
Make a rice layer now. Add all the rice. i have just made two layers. If
you want you can make 4 layers.
Add the remaining fried onions, fried nuts, 1 tbsp chopped coriander and ½
tbsp mint leaves.
Sprinkle the saffron flavored colored milk & 1 table spoon ghee.
Cover with a foil then put the lid tightly on the pan and place it on a
tava . For the first 12- 15 minutes dum cook the biryani on a lower the flame
Serve paneer biryani hot with mint leaves raita and cucumber salad.
