Step 1

Take basmati into a bowl and wash it well 3-4 times.

Step 2

Soak it in enough water for about 30 minutes.

Step 3

Heat up oil in a pan.

Step 4

Add cashew nuts and fry it well until it gets a light golden color.

Step 5

Take the cashew nuts out into a dish.

Step 6

In the same oil add dry sliced onion and fry for just about 2 minutes.

Step 7

You can rub oil to dry onion and microwave it for just a minute.

Step 8

Take curd into a bowl.

Step 9

Add green chilies, biryani masala, turmeric powder, coriander powder, salt, Kasuri methi, coriander leaves, mint leaves, fried onion, red chili powder and mix everything well together.

Step 10

Add oil and mix well.

Step 11

Add paneer cubes and coat it well with spices.

Step 12

Cover and rest it for about 30 minutes to marinate.

Step 13

Heat up 2 tsp oil in a pan.

Step 14

Add ghee, cumin seeds and let it splutter.

Step 15

Add onion and fry until it gets a light golden color.

Step 16

Add tomato, biryani masala, coriander powder, turmeric powder, green chili, ginger-garlic paste, red chili powder and mix well.

Step 17

Fry for about 3-4 minutes really good.

Step 18

Add water, coriander leaves, mint leaves, and mix well.

Step 19

Add salt to taste and cook the gravy for just about 2-3 minutes. Keep the pan aside.

Step 20

Boil water in a pan.

Step 21

Add ghee, cloves, black peppercorns, bay leaves, star anise, cinnamon, black cardamom, salt, soaked rice & cook until rice is about 70% cooked, for about 7-8 minutes.

Step 22

When rice gets cooked about 60-70% drain the water from it.

Step 23

Give a layer of cooked rice into the gravy pan.

Step 24

Add ghee and layer of marinated paneer.

Step 25

Again give a layer of remaining rice on the paneer layer.

Step 26

Add ghee again, mint leaves, coriander leaves, fried onion, saffron milk, fried cashew nuts, and water in which we boiled the rice.

Step 27

Cover with lid. Don’t close the lid of the cooker & don’t remove the whistle.

Step 28

Cook on medium heat for about 5 minutes.

Step 29

Lower the heat to low and cook on low heat for about 30 minutes.

Step 30

Paneer biryani is all-ready.