Name: Bengali Pulav with Paneer Chatpata recipe by Nirupam Biswas at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 200gm paneer; 2 medium sized onions; 1 tomato; 2 green chilly; 1 teaspoon turmeric; 11/2 teaspoon Jeera Powder; 1 1/2 teaspoon Chilly Powder; 1 teaspoon aamchur powder; 2 teaspoon of Imli and jaggery chutney; 1 cup long grain basmati rice; 1 teaspoon turmeric; 1 carrot, jullian cut; 1/2 cup of rasins and cashew; 2 tablespoon sugar; whole garam masalas; 2 bay leaves; salt to taste

Ingredients Serving: 2

200gm paneer
2 medium sized onions
1 tomato
2 green chilly
1 teaspoon turmeric
11/2 teaspoon Jeera Powder
1 1/2 teaspoon Chilly Powder
1 teaspoon aamchur powder
2 teaspoon of Imli and jaggery chutney
1 cup long grain basmati rice
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 carrot, jullian cut
1/2 cup of rasins and cashew
2 tablespoon sugar
whole garam masalas
2 bay leaves
salt to taste

Instructions

For Pulav: Add oil in the kadhai add the julianed carrots and add a teaspoon of sugar and carmalize the carrots and keep aside.
In a kadhai, heat 1 tbspn of oil. Add raisins,cahsew, bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon stick and cardamom. Let it splutter. Add rice, turmeric.
Fry till the rice is fragrant. For 1 cup of rice add 2 cups water. Add 2 table spoon of sugar and salt to taste.
Cover and cook over low flame for 15 minutes and let it rest. Garnish with the caramelised carrots.
For Panner Chatpta: Heat oil in the kadhai add 1 teaspoon of jeera let it splutter and add in the sliced onions and slit chillies
Once the onion get light brown colour add in the diced tomatoes and cook till the raw smell is gone.
Mix the spice powders with little water and add to the kadhai and cook on medium flame till its nicely cooked
Add in the paneer mix with the masala. Add the special imli and jiggery chutney and cover over low flame
Let it simmer for 10 minutes and you are done.

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