Cottage Cheese Veggie Pilaf

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 600 g basmati rice
• 200 g mixed vegetables
• 200 g cottage cheese (paneer)
• 1/4 cup oil
• 2 medium onions, sliced
• 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon saffron
• 1/2 teaspoon yellow food coloring
• 1/2 cup warm milk
• 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves, chopped
• 1/2 cup crisp fried onions
• 2 green chilies
• 1/2 cup crisp fried onions
• 1 tablespoon garlic paste
• 1 tablespoon ginger paste
• 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns
• 4 cloves
• 1 inch cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed

Recipe

• 1 boil the mixed vegetables in 1 cup of warm water for 5 minutes.
• 2 pour oil in a heavy bottomed pan.
• 3 add onions and saute until browned.
• 4 add tomatoes and cook until soft.
• 5 add this to the ground masala paste, the powdered masalas and salt.
• 6 cook for 5 minutes.
• 7 add the boiled veggies and cottage cheese.
• 8 cook on simmer until the oil separates.
• 9 mix the chopped corriander into the veggies.
• 10 parboil the soaked rice in lots of water with salt.
• 11 strain rice and lay it on top of the cooked veggies.
• 12 mix the saffron and food colour in milk.
• 13 splash this saffron milk on the rice.
• 14 sprinkle crisp onion on the last layer.
• 15 close the pan with a lid tightly.
• 16 cook on simmer for 25 minutes.
• 17 serve this pilaf with a salad of your choice!