Corn Paneer Pulao Recipe for Babies, Toddlers and Kids
Corn Paneer Pulao - A one pot meal made with rice,sweet corn & paneer. Best lunch/dinner option for kids.
Calories:
Ingredients
- Rice - 1 cup
- Big Onion - 1 medium sized
- Sweet Corn Kernels - ½ cup
- Paneer Cubes - ½ cup
- Yogurt/Curd - 2 tbsp
- Water - 1.5 cups
- Salt - as required
To Grind
- Cloves -1
- Cardamom - 1
- Cinnamon - ¼ inch piece
- Black Pepper Corns – 1 tsp
- Mint Leaves - 1 tbsp
- Coriander Leaves - 2 tbsp
- Garlic - 5
- Ginger - ½ inch piece
- Cashews - 1.5 tbsp
- Tomato - 1 big sized
- Green chili - 1
To temper
- Ghee/Oil- 2 tbsp
- Bay leaves - 1
- Cloves -1
- Cinnamon - a small piece
- cumin seeds - ½ tsp
Instructions
- Keep corn kernels and paneer cubes ready. Slice onions roughly. Set aside. Wash rice in running water 2-3 times and soak it in water for 20 minutes.
- Grind the items listed "to grind" to a smooth paste.
- Heat a pressure cooker with ghee/oil. Add bay leaves,cloves, cinnamon and cumin seeds. Let cumin seeds crackle. Now add in chopped onions. Saute them nicely until golden brown.
- Once onions becomes transparent , add the ground paste and toss them nicely for 5 minutes or until the raw smell leaves.
- Then add in corn kernels along with curd/yogurt. Give a quick stir. Now add soaked rice and mix well without breaking it.
- Finally add the paneer cubes. Mix it carefully and add required salt at this stage. Bring it to a boil.
- Then close the lid of pressure cooker and cook everything in a medium flame for three whistles. Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and fluff the rice with a spoon slowly, top with more ghee if required.
Nutrition
Serving: 3g