Palak Paneer

Ingredients

4 cups Palak
1 cup water
salt
1 cup Paneer(cubes)
2 tsps jeera
3 sticks cinnamon
2 tbsp butter
1 big onion (sliced)
1/4 cup milk
2 tsps garlic(finely chopped)

Directions
1. Wash palak, put it in a pot,add salt and water, boil until just soft. Keep aside.
2. Heat 1 tbsp butter in a another pot, add jeera, garlic, cinnamon, green chillies, and onions, braise till garlic and onions turn golden brown. Put this in grinder with boiled palak (dont throw away the water in which the palak is boiled, you can use it for grinding or cooking). Grind into smooth paste.
3. Heat the remaining butter in a pot, add palak and paneer cubes, reduce the heat and cook for 15 mins.
4. Add milk, and cook again for 10 mins till thick.
5. Garnish with onion rings and slitted green chillies.
6. Serve with jeera rice or parathas.

Gobhi Paneer

Ingredients

1 cup paneer cut into very small cubes/grated
1 cauliflower
2 fresh tomotoes
1 tsp ginger chopped
3 green chillies
1/2 cup curd
Oil for frying
Salt to taste

Directions
1. Cut the cauliflower into small florets and shallow fry with salt in a fry pan for few minutes. Cover the pan so that the florets are cooked properly.Keep it aside after cooking.
2. Cut tomotoes into small pieces.Also cut green chillies into small pieces.Put the cut tomotoes ,green chilli in a mixer and add ginger and curd.Mix well to make it a homogeneous mixture.
3. Now heat oil in a pan and pour the tomato/curd mixture in it.Add salt to taste.
4. Cook it for few minutes till the boil comes.
5. Now add the grated paneer and cook for few minutes.
6. Now add the cauliflower florets and cover and cook till the oil appears on the side of pan.
7. The dish is ready to be served with hot chappatis or even with rice.

Paneer-Garlic Pulav

Ingredients

2 cups basmati rice-cooked with 2 1/2 cups water(1 whistle in pressure cooker)
12 small paneer cubes-(3 cubes grated)
10 garlic flakes-chopped
1 onion-chopped
ground masala of 4 garlic flakes, 1 inch size ginger, 2 green chillies
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 cinnamon stick
2 green cardamom
2 cloves
1 tbsp spring onions-finely chopped
few chopped mint leaves
few chopped coriander leaves
2 tsp salt
2 tsp refined oil with 1 tsp ghee
1/4 cup water

Directions
1. Heat oil and ghee in a non-stick kadai.Saute cumin seeds,cinnamon stick,cloves and cardamoms.
2. Add chopped garlic and onions and saute for 3 mins.
3. Add chopped spring onions,chopped mint leaves and coriander leaves.
4. Add the ground masala,salt and grated paneer and the remaining paneer cubes and cook for 5 mins with 1/4 cup water.
5. When the Masala gets dry,add the cooked basmati rice and mix well for 2 more mins.
6. Serve this Paneer-Garlic Pulav with raita of your choice and Pumpkin Curry.

Cauliflower Pulav

Ingredients
1 Cauliflower 3 Potatoes 1 Garlic 1 small piece Ginger 4 Greeen Chillies 3 cups Basmati Rice ¼ cup Vegetable Oil 1 tsp Turmeric powder 3 Onions 3 Tomatoes

Method:

1. Fry rice in vegetable oil lightly and pressure cook.

2. Clean Cauliflower and boil it.

3. Cut Potatoes into small pieces and fry them in oil.

4. Heat oil in a pan and add chopped Onions. Make a paste of Ginger and Garlic and add them.

5. Add chopped tomatos. Fry them along with turmeric powder and green chillies and mix them 6. Add boiled cauliflower and Green peas.

7. Finally, mix the boiled rice gradually and mix them. Add fried potatoes.

8. Garnish with coriander leaves

9. Serve it hot.

Corn Pulav

Ingredients

3 cups of basmati rice
1 tbsp ginger
1 tbsp ginger
2 cups of yellow corn kernels
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 medium onion (finely chopped)
1/2 tsp white pepper powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
4 black cloves
2 black cardamoms (akha elaichi)
4 tbsp butter (or ghee)
2 tbsp finely chopped fresh cilantro
salt to taste

Directions
1. Cook rice with minimal water either in a pressure cooker or an electric rice cooker (preferred);
2. In a pan melt butter, add chopped onions and fry till they turn brown;
3. Add all the spices and stir the mixture for couple of minutes, till the onions are coated
4. Add corn and salt and cook for approximately 8-10 minutes till the corn becomes soft and tender on medium heat
5. Empty the steamed rice into this mixture and stir till the rice is uniformly yellow in color
6. Just before serving, garnish the pulav with cilantro leaves

Tomato Pulav

Ingredients
rice--2 cups tomato--2 cups (ground) onion--1 chopped soyabean chunks--1 cup oil--2 tablespoon butter--1 tablespoon salt to taste garam masala--1 tsp cumin seeds--1 tsp tejpatta--1-2

Directions
1. Heat oil.
2. Fry onion and tejpatta.
3. Add chopped onion and fry for 1-2 mins.
4. Add garam masala,tomatopulp,soyabean chunks.
5. Fry for 1-2 mins.
6. Add rice and salt.
7. Mix well.
8. Add 3 cups of water.
9. Pressure cook for 5 min.
10. Garnish with fresh grated coconut and coriender leaves.

Peas pulav

Ingredients

2 cups basmati rice
1 medium onion sliced
3-4 green chillies slit
3-4 cloves
1 inch cinnamon
1 black cardamom
2 green cardamom
1tsp ginger garlic paste
1/2 cup green peas
1cup coconut milk
salt to taste

Directions
1. wash rice and set aside
2. heat oil,add cloves,cinnamon,green and black cardamom,green chillies,ginger garlic paste and saute adding green chillies and onions till onions turn light brown.add green peas.
3. add the rice and mix well when on heat till the masalas and the rice mixes well
4. add coconut milk, salt and also another 3 cups of water just enough for the rice to cook.
5. pulav is done when the rice is cooked.
6. serve hot with any raita of your choice.