Name: Paneer and Lima Beans Biryani recipe by Anandha Bhagyam at BetterButter
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Mixed veggies cut into small cubes including beans, carrots, corn, and peas; Chopped paneer cubes; 1 cup Lima beans; Green chilies 2-3; Red chilies 3-4; Garlic cloves 2-3; 2-3 cinnamon sticks; 4-5 cardamom pods; 5-6 cloves; 2 Bay leaves; 1 cup curd; Salt to taste; 3-4 spoons ghee or butter; 2 cups Basmati rice; Pinch of saffron; Cilantro 2 bunches; Turmeric powder

ABOUT Paneer and Lima Beans Biryani RECIPE

I would like to really thank late Tarla Dalal, I learned to make Biryani.

Ingredients Serving: 4

Mixed veggies cut into small cubes including beans, carrots, corn, and peas
Chopped paneer cubes
1 cup Lima beans
Green chilies 2-3
Red chilies 3-4
Garlic cloves 2-3
2-3 cinnamon sticks
4-5 cardamom pods
5-6 cloves
2 Bay leaves
1 cup curd
Salt to taste
3-4 spoons ghee or butter
2 cups Basmati rice
Pinch of saffron
Cilantro 2 bunches
Turmeric powder

Instructions

Cook the 2 cups basmati with 4 cups water with saffron.
This will give a beautiful yellow tinge to rice.
Take a blender and mix all the spices, garlic, chilies, turmeric and blend well.
You can also blend 3-4 spoons of coconut if needed.
This paste has to be smooth.
Take a pan and boil the veggies when the veggies are cooked add the paste that is ground.
Take a pan add butter or ghee sauté sliced onions and paneer.
Sauté some cashews in same ghee. Add the rice at this point, add some cashews in ghee
Add the cilantro leaves.

Similar Recipes