Wholesome soy-nuggets or soy chunks cooked with fresh and whole spices along with fresh herbs ...My house is filled with aroma. Usually I make pulao with basmati rice but for a change I tried it with regular Sona masoori rice. It was equally good.
Here goes the recipe
Ingredients
Rice..................................1 cup * see notes
Soy chunks .......................1/3 cup
Onion ............................... 1 medium (thinly sliced)
Tomato ............................. 1/2
Cinnamon..........................1 inch stick
Bay leaf ............................2
cardamom 1
Clove ................................1
Peppercorns.......................3
Ginger................................1/2 inch
Green chilli ........................ 1
Garlic ..............................2 cloves
Yogurt ............................... 2 tbsp
Oil ................................. 2tbsp
Ghee .................................1 tsp
Kitchen king masala...........1 /4 tsp
Mint and coriander leaves .. Handful
Salt ................................... to taste
lemon juice (optional)........ 1 tsp
Method
- Wash and soak rice for 10 minutes.
- Bring a pot of water to rolling boil.Turn off the heat and add soy chunks with some salt and turmeric.
- After 10 minutes , drain and squeeze the excess water.
- Heat oil and ghee in a heavy bottom pan and add whole garam masala items and saute for 10 secs.
- Add onion and saute till golden brown.
- Add the soy chunks and saute well.
- Then add ginger + garlic + green chilli paste and saute well.
- Now add yogurt and mix thoroughly.
- Add the drained rice along with salt and garam masala and add required water.
- Add chopped mint and coriander leaves and mix well.
- Cook it until almost all the water is gone and then cover and keep it in simmer.
- Add lemon juice (if adding) and mix well.
- Turn off the heat after 5 minutes.
Enjoy hot and aromatic pulav with any raita of your choice.
Note
For basmati rice , rice and water ratio is 1:2
For sona masoori I used 1: 3.
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