Cook Makhani Paneer Biryani at your home

Ingredients

6 cups cooked Basmati rice, 250 gm paneer cubes, 3 tbsp  ghee, 2 tbsp whole spices (cinnamon, cloves, black cardamom, green cardamom, black peppercorns, mace), 1 large onion (chopped coarsely), 3 tbsp butter, 2 cups fresh tomato puree, 3 green chillies, 4 cloves of garlic, 1 tbsp ginger, (peeled and chopped), 1 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp cumin-coriander powder, 1 tsp tandoori masala, 1/2 tsp cardamom powder, 1 tsp sugar, 1/4 cup cashew paste, 1/2 cup cream, salt to taste, 1 cup fried onions, 1/2 cup almonds, 1/2 cup mint and coriander (chopped)

How to make

First take a pan and fry paneer cubes in ghee. Then season it to taste and set aside. In the same pan, add all the whole spices and allow them to crackle. When the spices crackled, add chopped onions, green chillies, ginger and garlic. Fry all the ingredients for 2 minutes. Add turmeric powder, cumin-coriander powder, tandoori masala, salt, cardamom powder and sugar. Then add tomato puree. Cook on low flames for 10-15 minutes. Now add cashew paste and cream. Add paneer cubes into the gravy and cook on simmer flames for 6-8 minutes. Take a greased baking dish or handi. Spread the layer of paneer first and then rice. Repeat this process of spreading layer in the same manner one more time. Garnish it with fried almonds, fresh mint and coriander. Cover with aluminium foil or heat gently for 25 minutes. Makhni Paneer Biryani. Serve hot.