Name: Paneer biryani- hyderabadi style recipe by manasa Deevi at BetterButter
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Onions 1 full cup- sliced; Basmathi rice 1 cup; Green chillies 2tsp; All whole spices(shahjeera,Cloves3-4, green elaichi, anise flower dry, javithri, nutmeg powder; Ginger garlic paste 1-2 tsp; turmeric a pinch; Red chili powder 1-2 tsp; Curd 1/2 cup; Desi ghee/clarified butter 2-3 tbsp; Cashew nuts 7-8; Saffron soaked in warm milk; Dhaniya powder 1 tsp; Jeera powder1/4 tsp; Coriander leaves 1/2 cup; Mint leaves 1/2 cup; Birista(fried onions) 1/2 cup

Ingredients Serving: 2

Onions 1 full cup- sliced
Basmathi rice 1 cup
Green chillies 2tsp
All whole spices(shahjeera,Cloves3-4, green elaichi, anise flower dry, javithri, nutmeg powder
Ginger garlic paste 1-2 tsp
turmeric a pinch
Red chili powder 1-2 tsp
Curd 1/2 cup
Desi ghee/clarified butter 2-3 tbsp
Cashew nuts 7-8
Saffron soaked in warm milk
Dhaniya powder 1 tsp
Jeera powder1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves 1/2 cup
Mint leaves 1/2 cup
Birista(fried onions) 1/2 cup

Instructions

Take 1 cup basmati rice and soak it in water for 20 mins
Take a thick bottomed pan or your pressure cooker pan add some oil to it and heat .
Add sliced onions into the pan and fry these onions on slow-medium flame until they turn into dark brown and crispy. Note: don't burn the onions it might give bitter taste
Remove the onions and put them on a paper napkin.
Meanwhile wash the rice and it along with it add all the whole spices to the boiling water along with a dollop of ghee.
Cook the rice partially I.e., until it's 3/4 done.
Add some two 2tbsp of ghee to the pan and add all your whole garam masala in it..( bay leaf, shahjeera, green elachi, javithri, anise star nutmeg powder).
Add ginger garlic paste, and sliced onions to it.
Add green chillies, cashew nuts and saute for a minute
Add chopped tomatoes and add salt cook until they turn soft
Add turmeric powder, dhaniya powder, jeera powder, red chili powder. And mix them well.
Add fresh curd to the mixture. And mix well . Lastly add fresh cubbed paneer.mix it.
Remove some curry and place it aside.
Add a layer of rice on the initial curry layer in the cooker pan. Then add a little saffron milk above it, a tsp ghee, little chopped coriander and mint leaves, and fried onions
Add another layer of curry over this and place another layer of rice and again add saffron milk, a tsp ghee, little chopped coriander and mint leaves and fried onions over it. Place the cooker lid and let the rice cook to tenderness.
Remove the cooker lid after 10-15 mins Check the rice cooked to tenderness and serve your hot paneer biryani with some good saalan and raita

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