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Pilaf Kali Mirch/ Black Pepper Rice

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

Courseside dish
Cuisineindian

Servings	Prep Time
4serving	10minutes

Cook Time	Passive Time
20minutes	30minutes

Servings	Prep Time
4serving	10minutes

Cook Time	Passive Time
20minutes	30minutes

Ingredients

1cup Basmati white ricesoaked for xbd hour
1cup paneer cottage cheese/ cubes:
1 potatocubed
1 onionfinely chopped
1/2cup green pea(frozen /fresh):
2 star anise Bay Leaves
2 black cardamoms
4-5 Green Cardamom
2 bay leaves
2”inch cinnamon stick
1/2tsp cumin seed
to taste salt
1/2tsp blackpepperpowder or to taste
3 – 4tbsps butter / gheeclarified
1big onionsliced and fried till golden brown

Instructions

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.