{"id":186130,"date":"2023-11-24T07:28:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T07:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/?p=186130"},"modified":"2023-11-24T07:28:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T07:28:29","slug":"recipe-manishas-paneer-pulau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/celebrity\/recipe-manishas-paneer-pulau\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe: Manisha&#8217;s Paneer Pulau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sharing office tiffins must be a purely Indian or Asian habit and how enjoyable it is.<\/p>\n<p>Your own, maybe slightly uninteresting, tiffin gets added to an extensive and exciting potluck pool.<\/p>\n<p>Someone has brought yum <em>dosa<\/em>s. Another a tempting <em>biryani<\/em>. A third a unique Tamil curry or <em>kuzhumbu<\/em>. Colleague No 4 has homemade <em>laddu<\/em>s and Diwali <em>faran<\/em>. And what was to be a spartan meal is converted into nothing short of an extravagant<em> dawaat<\/em> (feast).<\/p>\n<p><span>In our office so much food is brought in, that any excuse is a time to eat. Mysore Pak or chocolate from a colleague&#8217;s trip to Chennai or abroad, banana chips because someone visited Kerala, <em>prasad<\/em> from a temple <em>darshan<\/em>, samples of a spicy mutton curry that a colleague was inspired to try over the weekend, potato chips and cake that was cut in the office for a birthday, festival food, <em>bhel<\/em> or roasted peanuts because your desk partner went down the road for an errand. Sometimes it&#8217;s an all-day eating fiesta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is my take on a <em>pulau<\/em> my colleague brought to office, which we all dug into enthusiastically and quite relished. It was made by <strong>Manisha Patange<\/strong>, a very competent homemaker who makes a wide range of food including soups, snacks and ragi <em>dosa<\/em>s.<\/p>\n<p>Her bests are her besan <em>laddu<\/em>s, <em>chakli<\/em>s, fish curries (even though she is a vegetarian herself), Sai Bhaji, Rawa Gobhi, Almond Broccoli Soup and the way she makes <em>kerela<\/em> (bitter gourd).<\/p>\n<p>This <strong>Paneer Pulau<\/strong> is both light and amply filling and ideal fare for tiffin or lunch.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/im.rediff.com\/getahead\/2023\/nov\/22food1.jpg?w=670&#038;h=900\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paneer Pulau<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serves: 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>3 French beans, sliced lengthwise<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2 tbsp grated carrots<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>100 gm cauliflower, chopped into tiny florets<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>50 gm peas<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>100 gm paneer, cut into cubes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2 tsp oil<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 small onion, sliced<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 green chilly, chopped lengthwise<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 small tomato, chopped<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 tsp grated ginger<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 cup basmati rice<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 tbsp ghee<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2<em> lavang<\/em> or cloves<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 green <em>elaichi<\/em> or cardamom<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 small piece <em>dalcheeni<\/em> or cinnamon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4-5 black peppercorns<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 small <em>tej patta<\/em> or bay leaf<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pinch <em>jeera<\/em> or cumin seeds, optional<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Salt, &frac34; tsp<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2 cups water<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pinch <em>kasuri methi<\/em> or dried fenugreek leaves, optional<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 tsp <em>sambar<\/em> powder or <em>tawa<\/em> masala<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>In a non-stick frying pan fry up the the beans and the cauliflower in the oil over medium heat till nearly cooked.<br \/><\/span>Add the grated carrot.<br \/>Fry a minute more.<br \/>Keep aside.<\/li>\n<li>In the same pan fry the paneer over medium heat for 5-8 minutes, flipping occasionally.<br \/>Keep aside<\/li>\n<li>In a <em>kadhai<\/em>, heat the ghee and fry the <em>jeera<\/em>, onion, tomato, whole spices over medium heat for 8-10 minutes till the tomato is well fried and almost a paste.<br \/>Add the basmati rice and cook another 5 minutes.<br \/>Add 2 cups water and the salt.<br \/>Lower heat, cover and cook till the water is nearly absorbed by the rice.<br \/>Carefully fold in the fried vegetables and the paneer.<br \/>Cover and cook till rice is done.<br \/>Sprinkle in the <em>tawa<\/em> masala, <em>kasuri methi<\/em> and lightly toss.<\/li>\n<li>Serve hot with a <em>raita<\/em> or plain yoghurt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MORE AWESOME RECIPES<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/im.rediff.com\/getahead\/2023\/nov\/22food-lead1.jpg?w=670&#038;h=900\"><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rediff.com\/getahead\/report\/recipe-manishas-paneer-pulau\/20231124.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharing office tiffins must be a purely Indian or Asian habit and how enjoyable it is. Your own, maybe slightly uninteresting, tiffin gets added to an extensive and exciting potluck pool. Someone has brought yum dosas. 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