Paneer Veggie Pulao

Ingredients:

   Paneer Pulao                              
      Cooking Time : 30 mins

• Basmati Rice - 1 cup
• Paneer - 200gms
• Onion - 1
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
• Green chilly - 2
• Mixed vegetables - 1/2 cup (I used carrot, beans, peas, corn)
• Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Coconut Milk - 3/4 cup
• Water - 3/4 cup
• Ghee - 2 tbsp
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Bay leaf - 1
• Cinnamon stick - 1 inch
• Cloves - 2
• Cardamom - 2
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Cooking Instructions:

• Soak Rice for half-an hour.
• Heat Ghee and oil in saute mode, add bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom and cumin seeds. Then add ginger garlic paste and saute for a min. Now add onion, green chilly and saute for a couple of mins.

• Add vegetables and saute for 3 to 4 mins. Add coconut milk, water and salt. Now add soaked rice, garam masala and 1/2 tsp of ghee and mix well.

• Cancel saute mode, Cover the lid and turn on Rice mode. 
• Heat ghee in a tawa, add paneer cubes and saute till golden brown. 
• Once the rice cooked transfer it to another bowl, add the sauted paneer cubes.
• Serve hot with onion raita.