Meal maker(soya chunks) Biryani Recipe | Tamil Nadu style
Ingredients
- Basmati rice - 2 cup
- Soya chunks - 30
- Onion - 1
- Tomato, small - 1
- Curd - 3 tblsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
- Red chilli powder - 1 & 1/2 tsp
- Green chillies - 3
- Mint leaves - 1/4 cup
- Coriander leaves, chopped - 1/4 cup
- Ginger garlic paste-1 & 1/2 tsp
- Salt - As needed
- Ghee or oil - 3 tblsp
- Cinnamon - 1 inch piece
- Bay leaf - 1
- Cloves - 4
- Cardamom - 2
- Jeera/ Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Pepper corn-5
- Biryani Masala – 2 Tbsp
Preparation method
- Soak basmati rice in warm water for 30 mins atleast.
- Boil water with 1/4 tsp salt and add the soya chunks. Cook in medium flame for 10 minutes.
- Rinse with cold water and squeeze it till dry and again repeat it. Keep aside.
- Heat a small pressure cooker with ghee and add Cumin seeds,bayleaf, cinnamon, pepper corn, cardamom,cloves and then add chopped onions, saute for 1 min till it turns transparent.
- Add ginger garlic paste and fry until dry for 2 minutes in medium flame.
- Add tomato, salt, red chilli powder, biryani masala, green chilli and turmeric. Fry until tomatoes become soft.
- Add curd, mint leaves, coriander leaves and fry for 2 more minutes.
- Now add Soya chunks and soaked rice with 3 cups of water and then close the lid, do not put on the weight yet
- After steam is visible ,put the weight onto the pressure cooker, then keep the flame low for 15 minutes, after that turn off the flame without any hisses.
- Serve hot with onion raita.
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