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    Paneer fried rice, Indian style fried rice

    Updated on February 16, 2022 by Raks Anand 48 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Paneer fried rice is quick to make and has intense flavors with just simple ingredients available at home. Let's see how to make this Indian style dish even without aji-no-moto!

    Indian style fried rice with paneer
    Paneer fried rice

    Easy, healthy with perfect balance of rice, pepper and capsicum along the paneer and other spices. Perfect for lunch box or filling one pot meal if you are looking for a quick fix.

    Check out this Paneer paratha recipe in my website and also easy paneer ghee roast recipe.

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    One of my blog readers requested for paneer fried rice recipe similar to the one they serve in restaurant Saravana bhavan.

    Sadly I have never tasted that. I wanted to taste once and then post the recipe, but we rarely go there and never got a chance to taste.

    So I had no idea how they make, but thought of testing paneer fried rice recipe on my own.

    paneer-fried-rice

    I just made paneer fried rice like the regular fried rice without much veggies and with scrambled paneer. And the out come is a big hit!

    Aj and Vj both ate silently and finished quickly, which means this is the best and more over, it is easy!.

    Do try this easy recipe for your lunch box or to surprise your guests. They will be sure taking time to guess the ingredients😉.

    As I always love to eat variety rice, I tried to just incorporate paneer in the fried rice I usually make. It's added proteins and looks tempting too.

    A lot of recipes say to add chopped paneer, so I wanted to do something different from that.

    Tips

    Can paneer fried rice be reheated?

    I would suggest to consume freshly or as such. If you are packing for lunch yes, you can warm it in microwave oven. Do not heat until hot, just heat until warm to avoid discoloring of veggies and paneer turning rubbery.

    Which rice can be used?

    I love basmati rice as it is fragrant. You can use any type of rice, just make sure it to be separate grains.

    Which Paneer works best?

    Fresh paneer works best as it is soft and moist. But frozen paneer can also be used just don't forget to soak in hot water prior cooking to soften it.

    Take a note that paneer turns rubbery when it is over cooked, so make sure not to over cook.

    Secret for perfect rice texture: Refrigerate after separating the grains! For that reason, leftover rice also works best.

    Step by step photos

    1. Wash & soak basmati rice firstly for minimum 10 mins and cook it with water ratio 1 : 1 & ½ for 3 whistles.
    2. Cool down by either fluffing gently with ladle once or twice to loosen the grains. Or, invert over a plate and break the big mass. Drizzle some oil over. Once cooled, separate the grains. Keep a side.
    3. Meanwhile, boil water and keep the paneer immersed for 10 minutes. Then drain and crumble it roughly to use it in fried rice.How to make 1 
    4. Chop carrot and capsicum finely. I chopped white part of spring onion and green part separately. Heat oil in a pan and add the spring onion firstly. Fry for a minute.
      How to make 2
    5. Add carrot and cook for 30 secs, add sugar while you fry, then add capsicum and cook furthermore for another 30 secs.
    6. Always fry in high flame. You can toss to get a smoky flavour that comes when it catches fire and gets fried while tossing. If you are not comfortable, no need to do that, just fry in high flame.
    7. Add pepper and give a quick stir. Add crumbled paneer lastly.How to make 3 
    8. Garnish with the green part of the spring onion and required salt. Mix well.
      How to make paneer fried rice 4
    9. Now add the cooked rice and mix properly until rice gets fried and you hear the crackling sound. Switch off the flame.How to make 5

    Serve paneer fried rice hot with any masala gravy or Indo Chinese side. We had with Aloo bhindi masala and it was yummy! perfect lunch 🙂

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    Paneer fried rice

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    Paneer fried rice recipe

    Paneer fried rice is quick to make and has intense flavours with just simple ingredients available at home. Even without ajinomoto!
    Prep Time 30 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 30 minutes minutes
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    Ingredients

    • 1.5 cups Basmati rice
    • 1.5 cups Paneer cubes
    • 1 Carrot
    • 1 Capsicum
    • 1 bunch Spring onion 5 sprigs
    • 1 teaspoon Pepper crushed
    • ¾ teaspoon Sugar
    • Salt
    • 3 tablespoon Olive oil
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    Instructions

    • Wash & soak basmati rice firstly for 10 mins minimum and cook it with water ratio 1 : 1 & ½ for 3 whistles.
    • After that, cool down the rice by either fluffing it gently or inverting over a plate. Drizzle some sesame oil over. Keep a side.
    • Meanwhile, boil water and keep the paneer immersed for 10 minutes. Then drain from water and crumble it roughly.
    • Chop carrot and capsicum finely. I chopped white part of spring onion and green part separately.
    • Heat oil in a pan and add the spring onion. Fry for 30 secs. Add carrot and fry for 30 secs, add sugar while you fry, then add capsicum and fry for another 30 secs. Always fry in high flame.
    • You can toss to get a smoky flavour that comes when it catches fire while tossing. If you are not comfortable, no need to do that, just fry in high flame.
    • Add pepper and give a quick stir. I added crumbled paneer lastly. 
    • Garnish with the green part of the spring onion and required salt. Mix well.
    • Now add the cooked rice and mix properly until rice gets fried and you hear the crackling sound. Switch off the flame.

    Notes

    • You can keep the rice in fridge to maintain the shape of the rice without breaking it.
    • Add veggies of your choice along. Or even you can make it plain without veggies. Just onion and paneer.
    • You can add some sauces like chilli, tomato and soy sauces while you add pepper. Add 1 teaspoon each.
    • The crumbling part is up to your wish, like you can crumble finely or roughly too. Depends on which texture you want.
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    Comments

    1. Recipe world

      August 14, 2012 at 4:02 am

      Yummy fried rice..looks so rich with the addition of paneer!

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    2. Veena Theagarajan

      August 14, 2012 at 4:14 am

      So Yummy and all in one option for kids lunch box

      Great-secret-of-life.blogspot.com

      Reply
    3. jeyashrisuresh

      August 14, 2012 at 4:46 am

      Super tempting and yummy fried rice. Will give it a try soon. Love the idea of scrambled panner

      Reply
    4. Sangeetha Nambi

      August 14, 2012 at 4:54 am

      Inviting colorful rice raji... Yummy !!!
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    5. Vimitha Anand

      August 14, 2012 at 4:59 am

      Tempting n yummy fried rice dear

      Reply
    6. Sowmya Karthy

      August 14, 2012 at 5:18 am

      very colorful and mouthwatering. Nice clicks

      Sowmya
      http://nivedhanams.blogspot.in/

      Reply
    7. Jay

      August 14, 2012 at 5:23 am

      soooper tempting & flavorful recipe
      Tasty Appetite

      Reply
    8. Aarthi

      August 14, 2012 at 5:24 am

      yummy fried rice..will try it soon

      Reply
    9. Valarmathi Sanjeev

      August 14, 2012 at 6:08 am

      Yummy looking fried rice.....pic makes me hungry...looks awesome.

      Reply
    10. sowmya's creative saga

      August 14, 2012 at 6:29 am

      looks delicious..

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    11. Sowmya Karthy

      August 14, 2012 at 6:47 am

      Hi Raji,

      I have an award and a lovely game waiting for you at my blog (http://nivedhanams.blogspot.in/p/award.html) . Please collect it. Congratulations!!

      Thanks

      Sowmya
      http://nivedhanams.blogspot.in/

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    12. Prathima Rao

      August 14, 2012 at 7:25 am

      super delicious fried rice...will try it out real soon!!!
      Prathima Rao
      Prats Corner

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    13. Kalpana Sareesh

      August 14, 2012 at 7:39 am

      super delicious looking fired rice..

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    14. jeevitha Giridharan

      August 14, 2012 at 8:14 am

      Paneer fried rice looks superlicious.
      I just made this rice b4 a week with a small change of adding pan fried paneer cubes.
      So I hv 2 try ur version some other day:-)

      Reply
    15. tamilsasikitchen

      August 14, 2012 at 8:30 am

      Fried rice looks delicious... Tasty lunch box recipe..Like to have a try

      Reply
    16. Shobha Kamath

      August 14, 2012 at 9:11 am

      Lovely pics and delicious looking fried rice.

      Reply
    17. Chitra

      August 14, 2012 at 10:35 am

      They look delicious. I am not making paneer dishes .. i have to 🙂

      Reply
    18. Laavanya

      August 14, 2012 at 11:57 am

      Definitely a crowd pleaser... looks so yummy

      Reply
    19. S.Menaga

      August 14, 2012 at 12:09 pm

      I have tasted this recipe at once during my last summer vaccation,it was so nice...super n perfect for kids lunch box..

      Reply
    20. Sathya Sankar

      August 14, 2012 at 12:21 pm

      Wonderful looking fried rice!

      Appetite Treats

      Reply
    21. Tina

      August 14, 2012 at 12:25 pm

      my mouth is watering darling..

      Reply
    22. Hamaree Rasoi

      August 14, 2012 at 12:39 pm

      Liked your idea of scrambled paneer. yummy looking fried rice...

      Reply
    23. Nagalakshmi V

      August 14, 2012 at 1:19 pm

      crumbling is a great idea! i usually add it in whole and sometimes it becomes too dry.

      Reply
    24. Premalatha Aravindhan

      August 14, 2012 at 1:53 pm

      Delicious rice,i too never tasted this...have to give a try:)

      Reply
    25. lata raja

      August 14, 2012 at 2:10 pm

      No longer can one complain about the paneer becoming crumbly! You have used it effectively and deliciously in the fried rice.

      Reply
    26. Anu

      August 14, 2012 at 2:57 pm

      WOW!!! Well done, a nice and different recipe.

      Reply
    27. Vanamala Hebbar

      August 14, 2012 at 5:04 pm

      Looks awesome..and so colorful....

      Reply
    28. Sanoli Ghosh

      August 14, 2012 at 6:28 pm

      Feeling hungry to see your clicks. Superb!

      Reply
    29. Sangeetha

      August 14, 2012 at 8:39 pm

      Nice idea, sure my kids will love this fried rice...will try it soon...looks very inviting!

      Reply
    30. Amina Khaleel

      August 15, 2012 at 1:01 am

      wow... paneer fried rice looks delicious and colourful.. wonderful idea of adding crumbled panner...

      Reply
    31. Saranya Sathyaseelan

      August 15, 2012 at 2:18 am

      Really.. small dishes make a big difference.... and u make it all to happen live :)... Thanks... recommending ur site to many of my friend who are learning Samayal... continue ur endevours and inspiring us too.....

      Reply
    32. Apu

      August 15, 2012 at 2:34 am

      Looks so tempting!

      Reply
    33. Banu

      August 15, 2012 at 9:43 am

      Nice idea of adding panneer to fried rice

      Reply
    34. Sharmilee! :)

      August 15, 2012 at 1:28 pm

      Wow flavourful and yummy looking fried rice...looks soo tempting!!

      Reply
    35. Archana

      August 16, 2012 at 11:25 am

      This is yum. Bookmarked.
      I am hosting WTML All through August’12. Do send me your entries

      Reply
    36. Kavi Foodomania

      August 19, 2012 at 1:01 am

      As usual, beautiful presentation Raks!! 🙂

      Reply
    37. Vinutha Sv

      August 26, 2012 at 11:01 am

      Really mouth watering...!!!

      Reply
    38. sreeservicesifb

      October 14, 2012 at 8:28 am

      It's really tasty. I tried that last week

      Reply
    39. skannababu

      February 03, 2013 at 10:14 am

      Yum yum yum if you stick to recipe.

      Reply
    40. Psychedelic

      February 03, 2013 at 10:14 am

      I made this today. Came out quite well. The only change I would recommend is adding salt to the rice while cooking it. Otherwise you need to add extra salt towards the end and mix which could result in the rice becoming mushy from too much handling.

      Reply
    41. Abhirami Lakshmanan

      January 27, 2014 at 7:27 am

      Prepared this for dinner yesterday.it came out so soooo well and my hubby and daughter loved it!! I too loved it as well : ) . .Keep up the good job!! May God bless you!! 🙂

      Reply
    42. Sukanta Gupta

      April 17, 2014 at 2:43 am

      very nice recipe...

      Reply
    43. RaJi

      June 29, 2015 at 2:03 pm

      Hello raji, I Love your blog and your way of presenting things!! Keep up the good work !! There is a typo in heading. It should be Fried rice not tried rice. Is it not?

      Reply
    44. Swetha Sumi

      May 10, 2016 at 1:13 pm

      Paneer gets harder while we eat. How to prevent this?

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    45. Raks anand

      May 10, 2016 at 1:28 pm

      Better to consume hot. But still, if the paneer is immersed in hot water until you crumble it, it wont be hard. May be keep the paneer immersed in hot water for 10 mins first, then again change to hot water to make it softer.

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    46. Latha

      June 28, 2018 at 1:07 am

      When i immersed in hot water small small pieces are coming out and i am scared the paneer will dissolve in water

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    47. Raks Kitchen

      June 28, 2018 at 1:14 am

      Which brand is it? Kohinoor, milkymist are good

      Reply
    48. Latha

      July 02, 2018 at 7:39 am

      When i immersed in hot water small small pieces are coming out and i am scared the paneer will dissolve in water

      Reply

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