Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Soya chunks Pulav

Ingredients:-

Soya chunks - 1 cup(200g)
Potato - 1 medium, cut into cubes
Onion - 1 large
Ginger - 1inch piece chopped finely
Garlic pods - 5 chopped finely
Green chillies - 1 large chopped finely
Garam masala - 1tbsp
Chilli powder - 1tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
Ghee/oil - 1tbsp
Basmati rice - 1 cup(washed and drained)
Water - 1 and 3/4 cups
Salt - to taste

Preparation:-

Boil the soya chunks in salt water until soft. Drain the water and allow it to cool. Heat a kadai, add oil/ghee to it. Add onion, green chilly, ginger and garlic and fry them until the rawness goes off and the onion turns translucent. Add potato and soya chunks to this. Fry it for 2 mins and add the powders. Give it a good mix and add the basmati rice. Fry this for few mins until the basmati rice is coated with ghee and masala. Transfer this to a pressure cooker. Add water and salt to this. Once the steam comes out, simmer the stove and put the weight on and keep it for 3 whistles. Once the pressure releases, separate the rice using a fork. This can be had with tomato and onion raitha.


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