The Veg Paneer pulao recipe is a fragrant, delectable, andmildly spiced dish cooked with aromatic ground pulao masala, long grain rice,onions, herbs, and paneer (and sometimes added with other veggies likecapsicum, beans, green peas, and carrot).
Take paneer cubes in a mixing bowl, and add all the spices for marinating,mix and rub the paneer cubes with the spices, and keep aside to rest for 15minutes
Heat ghee in a pan and fry well the paneer cubes, and keep them aside
Add left over ghee in the same pan, and add the whole spices (bay leaves,mace, nutmeg, and cinnamon, green and black cardamom), and sauté them for 20seconds
Add chopped onions, and fry them till translucent
Add carrots, capsicums and beans and stir them for a minute
Now add the soaked basmati rice and mix them well
Add water and salt and mix them well (use same quantity of water andrice)
Add chopped coriander leaves and cover the lid, and allow them to cookfor 10-12 minutes in low flame (in between check 2-3 times)
When the rice is almost cooked, then open the lid and add the friedpaneer cubes, and mix them well, and cover the lid again for two minutes to setthem
Open the cover, and serve hot with raita or pickle