Soya chunks biryani

Ingredients

• . Raw rice 2 cup
• · Soya chunks 25
• · Ghee 2 tablespoons
• · Oil 2 tablespoons
• · Onion 2
• · Ginger garlic paste 1 tablespoons
• · Curd small cup
• · Cinnamon 2
• · Cloves 2
• · Cardamom 1
• · Bay leaf 1
• · Coriander leaves handful
• · Mint leaves handful
• · Turmeric pwd ¼ teaspoon
• · Red chilly pwd 2 tablespoons
• · Coconut paste 1 ½ tablespoon
• · Lemon juice 1 tablespoon
• · Salt to taste

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Preparation

• Wash and soak raw rice for 10 minutes. Strain water from it and keep aside. Wash the soya chunks (meal maker) well and soak in hot water for 20 minutes.
• Take it aside and squeeze completely to remove water from it. Heat fry pan, add ghee and fry the meal maker for 5 6 minutes in medium flame. Take it aside.
• Add oil to the fry pan, add chopped onion, sauté till golden brown, add ginger garlic paste, sauté further.
• To this add curd, salt, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf, coriander and mint leaves. Sauté for 5 minutes, till oil separates out.
• Add chopped carrot and peas, fry well. Now add turmeric pwd, red chilly pwd, thick coconut paste and allow to boil.
• Add fried soya chunks, ½ tb water and allow to cook. Add raw rice, fresh lemon juice and check taste for salt and seasonings.
• Cook in low flame for 5 mins in pressure cooker. Once the pressure goes off, mix the rice gently.