March 25, 2008

Aloo Paneer,Jeera Rice contd from last post.

This is a much delayed continuation of the previous post. I was thinking of posting it the next day of the first one, but I couldn't. That was last working day of the week and had so much to complete, since was taking a break for the Easter weekend. Once back, was caught up between work at both office and personal front. Sorry for this delay.

Now coming back to the recipe, let me start with Aloo Paneer'96. This is Mallika Badrinath's recipe. Not much changes made to the original one. I have no idea why that 96 attached to the name.



Ingredients
Onions - 3 nos
Tomatoes - 2 nos
Paneer made from 1 ltr milk
Potatoes - 1/4 kg
Dhaniya pwdr - 2tbspn
Red chilli pwdr- 1 tspn
Salt to taste
Sugar - 1 tspn
Pav bhaji masala - 1/2 tspn (can use garam masala as in original)
oil for frying
For marinade
tomato ketchup - 3 tblspn
dhania pwdr - 1 1/2 tspn
jeera pwdr - 1/2 tspn
salt - 1/2 tspn
black pepper powder - 1/2 tspn
Method
Cut onions and tomatoes finely.
Peel off the skin from potatoes and cut it length wise as for finger chips. Slice paneer also lengthwise
Mix all the ingredients under marinade and add paneer and potato pieces to it.Keep it aside for half an hour.
Removes the peices alone and keep under hot grill with little butter on top till it turns brown.I did not have the option of grill, so took to the tawa method. It came out very well.
Heat oil in a kadai and fry onions till crisp.
Add dhania powder, chilli powder, pav bhaji masala (or any masala u like ).
Stir for a minute and add tomatoes. Cook till it turns pulpy. Add salt and little sugar.
Stir in the left over marinade and cook for few minutes.
Add grilled potatoes and paneer pieces. Mix gently. Remove from fire.




Jeera rice



Basmati rice -1 cup
Ginger paste- 1/2 tspn
Slit green chilly- 3 nos
Jeera - 2 tspn
Ghee/Oil - 2 tblspn

Onion - 1 no (Optional)

Method
Wash and soak the rice in 2 cups of water for 15 minutes.
Take a microwave safe bowl, Add oil and MW for 30 seconds.
Add jeera and MW for another 30 seconds.
Stir in ginger paste, slit green chillies and MW for 30 seconds.

Chop the onion lengthwise and add to the bowl. MW for 1 or 2 minutes till it is sauted.
Add the soaked rice along with water and add salt as required.
Stir once and MW for 15 minutes.
Mix the rice using a fork at every 5 minutes interval. During the last 5 minutes, you can adjust the timings, depending on your MW and the variety of rice used.

Garnish with coriander and fried cashews if you to make it rich.


Thanks Srivalli, for making me try cooking rice in MW. This is my first attempt. I had doubts if I should try when I was cooking for guests. But I was happy with the result.This is going to Srivalli's monthly MW event. Current month's theme is Rice.

Curd rice is always welcome when we have had some spicy dishes as part of the meal.

18 comments:

  1. Wow..all the recipes sound so great...thanks for the lovely entry!

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  2. I've never tried aloo paneer, but this looks and sounds so phenomenal!! Jeera rice is a perfect way to enjoy this dish. Thanks for sharing! :)

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  3. WOW..ALOO PANEER looks so Great..want to try it soon.

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  4. WOW..ALOO PANEER looks so Great..want to try it soon.

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  6. all the recipes look so good. lovely entry.

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  7. wow!love allo paneer:))jeera rice look tempting too:)))must try one

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  8. all recipes looks delicious..thank for sharing these

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  9. Both dishes look great and rich..The curd rice is tempting too

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  10. Thats interesting! i loved your aloo paneer recipe. jeera rice too looks good.

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  11. looks good! Jeera rice is always a favorite:)

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  12. Looks yummy Aloo paneer and jeera, curd rice .

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  13. delicious looking dishes...aloo paneer is something different...jeera rice looks yummy

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  14. thanks Vally.

    Kalai, thanks for ur lovely comment. Do try Aloo paneer, you will love it.

    Lavi - thanks. Try it and would love to know your FB

    uma - thanks

    dhivya - thanks. Do try.


    trupti,divya,anjali,mansi,vanamala,cham - thank you all for your comments

    Sowmya,aloo paneer is easy to make and it tates awesome.

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  15. I am going to try this Aloo Paneer 96 recipe.I was also wondering about the suffix 96 :) It must have been a great combo with jeera rice.Thanks for sharing this yummy recipe.

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  16. All the dishes look good...but I like the aloo paneer best. I too love Mallika Badrinath books....and have almost the entire collection.

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  17. Shalini, thanks for you interest. Do try and would love to know your FB.

    Jayashree, even my guest loved aloo paneer more. Mallika's dishes are classic and fool proof.

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