Veg Paneer Biryani in Pressure Cooker | One-Pot Meal Recipe

Veg Paneer Biryani in Pressure Cooker | One-Pot Meal

  • Prep Time
    45 minutes
  • Cook Time
    10 minutes
  • Difficulty Level
    Intermediate

Veg Paneer Biryani in Pressure Cooker | One-Pot Meal is a restaurant-style dish.

Veg Paneer Biryani in Pressure Cooker | One-Pot Meal is an extremely delicious dish. It is easy to prepare within no time at your home in a pressure cooker. Moreover, the flavor of mint leaves, biryani masala, fried onion, and sauteed paneer gives a wonderful texture and amazing taste. You can serve it to your guests on special occasions with any sabji, roti, naan, or paratha. In addition, you can prepare this dish with basmati rice, onion, tomato, curd, paneer, and some spices. So try this lip-smacking biryani at your home and enjoy it with your friends and family. Share your valuable feedback with us in the comments section.

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This is Recipe No. – 4 Of One-Pot Meal Series by a lovely Mom: Shveta Sheth 

Tips and suggestions by the Mom Chef:

  • Heat ghee on low flame.
  • Garlic paste is optional.
  • Add the paneer pieces after roasting them well, so they will not break in the pressure cooker.
  • The ratio of rice to water should be 1:1.
  • Rice should not be broken while mixing them.
  • The biryani should be taken out to a serving plate using a small flat spatula.
  • Take out the biryani layers as it is cooked in the pressure cooker, don’t mix them.

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Ingredients

  • Oil - 1 tbsp + As required
  • Cottage Cheese / Paneer - 1 Cup Small thin pieces
  • Saffron / Kesar - 5 to 6 Strands
  • Milk - 2 tbsp
  • Clarified Butter / Ghee - As required
  • Bay leaf / Tej patta - 1
  • Cloves / Laung - 2
  • Black Cardamom / Badi Elaichi - 1
  • Cardamom / Elaichi - 1
  • Cinnamon / Dalchini - 1/2 Stick
  • Green Chilli / Hari Mirchi - 1 Slited
  • Ginger-Garlic paste / Adrak-Lahsun paste - 1/2 tsp
  • Onion / Pyaz - 1 Sliced
  • Tomato / Tamatar - 1 Chopped
  • Curd / Dahi - 1/2 Cup
  • Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Red Chilli Powder / Lal Mirch Powder - 1 tsp
  • Salt - As per taste
  • Biryani Masala - 1 tbsp
  • Basmati Rice - 1 Cup
  • Water - As required
  • Fried Onion / Fried Pyaz - 1 Cup
  • Mint Leaves / Pudina - A handful
  • Coriander Leaves / Hara Dhaniya - A handful + For garnishing
  • tsp = teaspoon
  • tbsp = tablespoon

Instructions

  1. Soak washed basmati rice in the water for 30 to 45 minutes. Then strain them. Keep it aside.
  2. Soak saffron in milk for 15 to 20 minutes. Keep it aside.
  3. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan. Add paneer. Saute it for 3 to 4 minutes on low flame till it becomes a nice golden brown from both sides. Stir it occasionally. Once done, take it out in a bowl. Keep it aside.
  4. Heat 2 tbsp of ghee and 1 tbsp of oil in a pressure cooker on low flame. Add bay leaf, cloves, black cardamom, cardamom, cinnamon stick, green chilli, and ginger-garlic paste. Mix well.
  5. Then add onion and mix well. Add tomato and mix well. Saute it for 1 to 2 minutes on medium flame. Keep stirring occasionally.
  6. Further, add curd, turmeric powder , red chilli powder, salt, and biryani masala. Mix well. Saute it for 1 to 2 minutes on medium flame. Keep stirring occasionally.
  7. Now add soaked rice and 1 Cup of water. Mix well with light hands and level it.
  8. Then make a layer of roasted paneer pieces on it. Now make a layer of fried onion.
  9. Further, spread mint leaves on it by breaking them with your hands. Then spread coriander leaves on it.
  10. Now add the prepared saffron milk on it. Then add 2 tsp of ghee.
  11. Then cover the cooker with its lid. Cook it on low to medium flame till 1 whistle.
  12. Once done, turn off the flame and let it cool down completely.
  13. Then open it and take it out in a serving bowl using a flat spatula. Garnish it with coriander leaves.
  14. 'Veg Paneer Biryani in Pressure Cooker | One-Pot Meal' is ready to be served.

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