Pilaf –Kali Mirch
A simple pilaf recipe. Beautiful basmati rice infused with the flavors of star anise and cinnamon. Cooked in clarified butter/ghee which makes it rich and healthy along with enhancing the flavors many folds. This rice is cooked with only salt and black pepper, which keeps it simple to digest and light on your stomach. But at the same time, the combination of black pepper, ghee, and the whole spice with some green cardamom makes the rice soft and scented with a beautiful aroma, which directly reaches your soul. Adding a bit of protein with soft paneer/cottage cheese makes it more appealing and appetizing.
Some Other rice recipes you may like:
Chana Dal Khichdi 
An amazing spiced indian lentil rice recipe.
Vegetable Fried Rice Recipe 
An easy to make Fried rice recipe.
Try this delectable pilaf Kali mirch for any occasion and you’ll just want more and more of it.
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 4 serving | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | Passive Time |
| 20 minutes | 30 minutes |
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A simple pilaf recipe. Beautiful basmati rice infused with the flavors of star anise and cinnamon. Cooked in clarified butter/ghee which makes it rich and healthy along with enhancing the flavors many folds
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- 1 cup Basmati white rice soaked for xbd hour
- 1 cup paneer cottage cheese / cubes:
- 1 potato cubed
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1/2 cup green pea (frozen /fresh):
- 2 star anise Bay Leaves
- 2 black cardamoms
- 4-5 Green Cardamom
- 2 bay leaves
- 2'' inch cinnamon stick
- 1/2 tsp cumin seed
- to taste salt
- 1/2 tsp blackpepper powder or to taste
- 3 - 4 tbsps butter / ghee clarified
- 1 big onion sliced and fried till golden brown
- Soak the rice xbd hour before cooking.
- Now, heat ghee in a deep pan. Once itu2019s warm, ad all the whole spices and cumin seeds/Jeera.
- Once Jeera splutters, add chopped onions .cook till slightly brown. Add green peas and potatoes and cook for 5 minutes on medium high flame.
- Now add 2 cups of water and bring to boil
- Add salt and pepper powder.
- Add the rice and bring to one boil on high flame.
- As soon as the rice starts to boil, simmer the flame and cover the rice and cook until done.
- Meanwhile, take the paneer cubes and season with some salt and pepper/red chilli. Shallow fry these on high flame till golden brown.
- In another pan, fry the sliced onions till golden brown and keep aside.
- Once the rice cooks, garnish the rice with paneer cubes and fried onions and serve hot with your favorite curry or Raita.
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thanks shaheen.
I love all of the spices in this dish! This is the perfect recipe to accompany any meal!
Thanks!
What a great,flavourful side dish! I’m definitely going to give this one a try. Pinning to my ‘sides’ board for the next time I make curry.
Thanks.
I Love the flavor of Basmati Rice. Your dish looks super tasty and flavorful and easy to make too.
Mmmmmm … this looks so comforting and delicious! Like the wonderful basmati rice from our favorite local Indian restaurant, but with the fantastic additions of peas, potatoes and paneer! I’m really excited to try this!
what a great side dish, i fell in love with paneer while in india! this would make a great side dish with a gorgeous curry! beautiful dish.
What a delicious rice pilaf! Easy and flavorful, this will go well with many different main dishes.
Yum, the black pepper really takes this rice dish up to an amazing new level!
I love the exotic combination of spices. It certainly gives the rice a special touch. We enjoy peppery recipes and I’m making grilled chicken and the pilaf would really compliment the spices I’m using with our meat. Thank you.
The spices and seeds from cardamom, cinnamon, and bay leaves with the rice is wonderful. A fabulous side to enjoy . It is so full of flavor.
So many delicious spices in this dish. Wonderful. It also looks brilliant and it’s very filling.