Monday 15 December 2014

Soya Pulav / Meal Maker Pulav




Ingredients:

  • Soya chunks or meal maker - 3/4 cup
  • Jeeraga samba rice - 2 cups
  • Onion - 1 big 
  • Tomato - 1 small
  • Green capsicum - 1/2 no
  • Sweet corn - 2 tblspn
  • Ginger garlic paste - 1 tblspn
  • Mint leaves (chopped) - 2 tblspn 
  • Cashew - few nos
  • Lime juice - 1 tspn
  • Salt - to taste
  • Oil - 3 to 4 tblspn
  • Ghee - 3 tspn
  • Water - 4 cups ( ration 1 cup rice = 2 cup water )

Whole garam masala:

  • Cloves - 2 nos
  • Cinnamon stick - 2 inch (1 no)
  • Cardamon - 3 nos
  • Brinji leaves - 1 no

Dry powders:

  • Turmeric powder - 1/2 tspn
  • Chilli powder - 1 tspn
  • Curry powder ( its veg only ) - 3/4 tspn

Method:

  • Wash and soak the rice in water for 10 to 15 mins and then drain it completely
  • Chop the onion, tomato , capsicum as thin strips
  • Boil water and put soya chunks in it and allow to cook for 10 to 15 mins, then drain it and wash under running water 3 times and squeeze out the excess water from it
  • Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker, add whole garam masalas after it pops out add onion, ginger garlic paste
  • When onion turns golden brown add tomato,mint leaves, followed by dry powders
  • After a minute or two add cooked soya chunks, sweet corn, capsicum and mix well
  • Keep in low flame for a minute or two then add water and allow it to boil
  • When water starts to boil add lime juice, salt and add the rice, keep in low flame
  • When rice is half cooked , close the pressure cooker put the weight and keep in very low flame for 10 mins
  • After 10 minutes switch off the stove
  • Open the cooker after the pressure released completely and serve hot the tasty soya pulav.



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