Beri and Paneer Rice will blow your mind! Yes , you must try this one. Beri Beri Rice is actually a Parsi traditional recipe and is mostly non-veg. I however happened to eat the veg version at Soda Bottleopener Wala and since then was waiting to try this.
Because I have a Paneer loving boy, so I added Paneer otherwise you can keep it just berries and will still love it. Just teamed it up with some Garlic raita or any of these raitas of choice. The combo worked perfectly well for a goof lunch meal. The rice is flavorsome and you would love to keep eating it, but ya try to cook the rice in vegetable stock for added taste. The good part is the berries, they give you nice sweetness just in the bite while everything else still remains savory. So the berries will make the food tastier and more appealing. Please remember not to miss the toppings of onions , saffron etc. in the Beri and Paneer Rice as they all work to bring out the taste to next level. If you are looking for more such easy peasy rice recipes, here are some.
Another interesting part about this recipe of Beri and Paneer Rice is the marination of Paneer. This makes sure it is already flavored and gels well with the Rice when cooked together. Hope you enjoy making this simple and healthy recipe or Beri and Paneer Rice.
Peri Paneer Rice
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice
- 150 gms Cottage Cheese (Paneer)
- 1/4 cup Mixed Dried Berries
- 2 Onion Sliced
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Black Pepper
- 1/4 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1/4 tsp Chat Masala
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
- 1 tsp Garam Masala
- 5 Pepper Corn
- 4 Cloves
- 2 Green Cardamom
- 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 tsp Oil
- 1 tbsp Yoghurt
- 2 cups Vegetable Stock
- 1 tsp Ghee
- 10 strands Saffron
- 1 tbsp Milk
Instructions
Dice Paneer into cubes and let it marinate with dry spices like 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/4 tsp cumin powder,1/4 tsp red chilli powder,1/4 tsp garam masala, 1/4 tsp chat masala. Keep this aside for 30 mins before you use this in the recipe.
Heat a little oil and saute 1 sliced onion till they are brown and separately keep it.
In a sauce pan heat stock and add rice for cooking with salt. Remember this doesn't have to be fully cooked, you can start preparing the masala parallelly.
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok and add cumin seed, bay leaf, pepper corns, cardamom and then add onions and cook on slow and then add ginger garlic and saute till raw taste is gone.
Mix Saffron on hot milk and let it sit for 1 min.
Now in this add 1/2 of the berries and marinated paneer and cook for a while, add 2 tbsp of yoghurt and let the berries and paneer cook for a little while and then add salt and add the almost little more than half cooked rice into the wok and then top it up with more berries, fried onions , 1 tsp ghee and sprinkle some garam masala, saffron milk and cover the wok with a tight cover and let it cook on slow flame for 5 to 7 mins and then let it sit for a while before you open , mix it top down and serve with raita.