Rajma Paneer Pulao

Ingredients:

1 cup basmati rice

250 gm paneer cubes

1 can ( about 1 cup ) rajma / kidney beans

1 onion, sliced

1 tsp ginger, chopped

1 tsp garlic, chopped

1 medium tomato, sliced

3 green chillies, slit

1 tsp turmeric powder

2 tsp chilli powder

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp cumin powder

salt to taste

1 tsp cumin seeds

3 cloves

2 bay leaves

2 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped

2 tbsp ghee

Preparation:

1. Wash the rice, drain it and keep it aside.
2. Heat ghee in a thick bottomed pan and add cumin seeds, cloves and bay leaves and saute well.
3. Add chopped ginger and garlic and saute until the raw smell goes.
4. Add sliced onion and saute well till onion turns soft and golden.
5. Add sliced tomato and green chillies and saute well till tomatoes turn soft and mushy.
6. Reduce the flame to low, add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and salt and mix well.
7. Then add drained rice, paneer cubes and rajma and mix well.
8. Add 2 cups of water and chopped coriander leaves and cook it covered at low flame till done, stirring occasionally in between.
9. Once the rice is cooked, gently fluff up the pulao with a fork or a wooden ladle and serve with raita and pickle