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Ghee Bhath or Ghee Rice with Veggies and Paneer, served in a white plate with a small bowl of sauce on the left side
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Ghee Rice with Veggies and Paneer | Ghee Bhath

Ghee Bhath is Ghee Rice with Veggies and Paneer - a simple kid’s friendly lunch box recipe prepared with veggies and fried paneer.
Prep Time40 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Entree
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: ghee bath, ghee rice, paneer ghee rice
Calories:
Author: Srividhya G

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups Rice I used basmati rice
  • 3 cups Water + 3 tbsps
  • 1 tbsp Ghee
  • 1 tbsp Oil + ½ tsp
  • 1 tbsp Cumin Seeds
  • 2 Green Chillies
  • ¼ cup Chopped Cabbage
  • 1 Chopped Carrot
  • ¼ cup Peas I used frozen peas
  • 5 -6 Beans chopped
  • ⅓ cup Chopped Onion
  • 1.5 tsps Salt
  • 5 oz Paneer, chopped into cubes I used half of my 10oz packet
  • ½ tsp Cumin Powder

Instructions

  • Prep - Work
  • Wash the rice nicely and cook it in your preferred way. I cooked in my rice cooker and went with 1:2 rice to water ratio.
  • Let the rice cool down.
  • Chop all the veggies and the paneer.

Steps

  • Heat a wide pan or kadai and oil and ghee.
  • Once the oil and ghee become hot, add the cumin seeds.
  • As they start to splutter, add the chopped green chilly and onion.
  • Cook until the onion turns translucent.
  • Now add all the veggies and salt.
  • Mix them well and add the 3 tbsps of water and cover and cook for about 5 minutes.
  • By now the veggies will be tender. Now remove the lid and cook until the water is all evaporated.
  • That’s it the the veggie mix is ready.

Preparing Paneer

  • Heat a small pan and add ½ tsp of oil.
  • Once the oil is hot add the cumin powder and paneer and mix well.
  • Let it roast until the paneer turns golden brown on both sides.

Assembling

  • Add the cooled down rice to the veggie mix and mix them well.
  • Check for salt and add if required.
  • Finally add the fried paneer and that’s it.
  • I usually serve this with onion raita or just plain yogurt.

Notes

  • Any rice variety can be used. Basmati is not mandatory.
  • If you are not preparing this for lunch box, you can add 2 tbsps of ghee instead of 1 tbsp oil and 1 tbsp of ghee. When ghee rice is not warm enough, it will be difficult to consume. So for lunch box I got with the combo of ghee and oil.
  • Addition of paneer is completely optional. Instead of paneer dried nuts and raisins can be used too and it will be perfect for potlucks.Adjust the veggies, salt
  • and green chilly according to your preference.
  • I didn’t add any other masala. You can add kada masala (Cardamom, Cloves and Cinnamon) to make this as ghee pulav.