I decided on making a simple tomato fried rice with paneer added to give an extra kick to the dish. It was quite hectic at home and I was as usual only able to make this on the day I sent for her. As I always feel a week just takes a moment to get vanished. However, I really enjoyed as I attempted some wonderful dishes for my daughter, which I hope will be of some help to other moms.
Before jumping into the recipe, a quick recap of the last six easy lunches for kids!
- Capsicum Rice
- Chana (Chole) Masala Rice
- Pomegranate Rice
- Aloo Rice ~ Aloo Roast Rice | Potato Rice
- Carrot Rice | Spicy Carrot Rice
- Sweet Corn Chat Rice | Sweet Corn Fried Rice
Tomato Fried Rice with Paneer
Ingredients Needed
1 cup Cooked Rice
1/2 cup Paneer /Indian Cottage Cheese
1/4 medium Onions
1 cup Tomato, puree
1/4 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
Salt to taste
A Pinch Turmeric
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder
1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
1/4 tsp Cumin Powder
A Pinch Garam Masala
1/4 tsp Kitchen King Masala
How to make Tomato Fried Rice with Paneer
You can use either homemade paneer or store bought. Wash and cut the paneer into small bite size pieces.
Heat a nonstick pan with a tsp ghee, saute the paneer till golden. Remove and keep it aside.
In the same pan, add a tsp of oil, saute the onions till brown. Add the ginger garlic paste, saute well.
Puree the tomatoes and add once the onions are done. Add in all the spice powders and saute well in low flame.
If required sprinkle some water to get the tomato well done. Next, add the cooked rice and combine everything well.
Finally add the roasted paneer and coriander leaves, cover and simmer for a couple of minutes.
Coming to the Paneer part, well I know I have just added them without it being cooked. But I have two things, one Konda loves paneer and I was sure adding it to the dish will make her eat well. Next, this being a fried version of rice, I was betting it was just fine.
Come back to check out tomorrow's special when we start the second group!
Recipe
Tomato Fried Rice with Paneer
Ingredients
- 1 cup Cooked Rice
- 1/2 cup Paneer /Indian Cottage Cheese
- 1/4 medium Onions
- 1 cup Tomato puree
- 1/4 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
- Salt to taste
- A Pinch Turmeric
- 1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp Coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp Cumin Powder
- A Pinch Garam Masala
- 1/4 tsp Kitchen King Masala
Instructions
- You can use either homemade paneer or store bought. Wash and cut the paneer into small bite size pieces.
- Heat a nonstick pan with a tsp ghee, saute the paneer till golden. Remove and keep it aside.
- In the same pan, add a tsp of oil, saute the onions till brown. Add the ginger garlic paste, saute well.
- Puree the tomatoes and add once the onions are done. Add in all the spice powders and saute well in low flame.
- If required sprinkle some water to get the tomato well done. Next, add the cooked rice and combine everything well.
- Finally add the roasted paneer and coriander leaves, cover and simmer for a couple of minutes.
Preeti Garg says
Awesome….
Charu Srivastava says
luks yummm
Priya dharshini says
Great recipe..Luv ur spirits,valli
hemalata says
Delicious looking rice,sounds so yummy n nice presentation.
Harini says
Good one! The kids surely like paneer in their lunch box!
The Pumpkin Farm says
indeed easy and what a wonderful dish it has turned out to be
sangee vijay says
great recipes…this paneer tomato fried rice sounds so yummy…a real kid's delight!!
Rasi says
great one valli.. was fun doing the marathon..i shall be back for the next one..but do keep dropping to my space..would love to hear from u 🙂
foodiliciousnan says
Combination of rice with tomato and paneer will surely brinf about the flavour of a gravy paneer dish...and this seems so quick to make...awesome!
sushma says
Awesome dish
Gayathri Kumar says
Rice looks super inviting...
Suma Gandlur says
Love the addition of protein to tomato rice.
Hemavathi Murari says
Nice method of cooking. I loved your tomato fried rice.
vaishali sabnani says
This is a lovely combination..and never fails!!..everyone wud enjoy these rice...