Soya Pulao

It's been two weeks since I touched this blog. Feels like 24 hours are not sufficient. Anyways, this weekend we had lots of fun as our big brother (my super senior in Masters) visited us from Hyderabad. Kids kept him busy all the time...poor Dada...he has lots of patience in entertaining kids and I got some extra time to blog :-).

Today our lunch menu was Soya Pulao, Aloo mutter curry, Rotis, Salad and curd. As the title says, this blog post is for Soya Pulao and here you go....

Ingredients:   

• 1/2 Cup Soya chunks
• 2 Cups kolam/sona masoori/basmati rice
• 1 Onion
• 2 Green chillies
• 10 Garlic cloves
• One inch ginger
• 1 tsp Garam masala
• 2 tsp Biryai/Pulao masala
• Salt to taste
• 2-3 tbsp oil
• 2 bay leaves
• 3 cardamoms
• 10 cloves
• Cilantro(Dhaniya leaves)/Mint leaves

Preparation:   

Wash and soak Soya chunks and rice in water for 10 minutes. I usually get small size Soya chunks for Pulao and bigger size for Soya curry. Drain Soya chunks and rice.

 
Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add chopped onions, green chillies, ginger, garlic, cilantro leaves, bay leaves, cardamoms, cloves and saute till onions are soft. <I ran out of Black pepper seeds. If you want, you can add those too.>

 

Now, add garam masala and Biryani/Pulao masala powders.

Stir well till the masala is well sauteed (4-5 minutes). Add 4 cups of water and salt. Stir well and cover the pressure cooker and cook till done. Soya Pulao is ready :-)

Soya chunks are good alternative for non-veg and it tastes great and healthy too. Read more at: http://www.funalso.com/Health-Beauty/soy-protein/402
    
Here are the other items in our lunch menu:

Aloo Mutter Cauliflower curry

 

Colorful Salad

Garam garam Rotis (my cook was patient enough while I was disturbing her with pictures)

Curd/Yogurt

And here is the fun part.... eating with our big brother Rajesh Da. But Dada missed one thing... tummy hugs with my husband ;-).