Soya Chunk Pulao

This was a recipe i saw at another website and tried it minus the onion and garlic and it came out well. Its simple, easy, and takes very little time to prepare. The quantity mentioned here is for two persons. You can change the ingredients according to your requirement.

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice - 1 cup

Bread (cubed and slightly fried) - 2 slices

Cashewnuts- 5-6, slightly fried

Cinnamon stick - 1 piece

Cloves- 3 no

Coconut fresh - 6-7 tbsp

Coriander seeds - 1tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Ginger - 1''

Green Chillies- as required

Mixed vegetables- Available ones like carrot, beans, cauliflower, peas, potato etc

Soya Chunks- 8-10 pieces (boiled till soft)

Method:

1. Wash rice and soak well for 5-10 minutes. Keep aside

2. Dry roast Cinnamon, Coriander seeds, and Cloves.

3. In a grinder, make a fine paste of ginger, cloves, cinnamon, coriander seeds, green chillies, coconut and keep aside.

4. In a pressure cook, heat oil, and add cumin seeds. And then add the ground paste and fry for a minute. Now add the vegetables and fry well so that the veggies are well coated with the paste.

5. Add soya chunks and mix well. Add salt. All this should be done on low heat.

6. Add soaked rice and cook (pressure cook)

7. When rice is prepared, add fried bread and cashews and mix well.

8. Serve hot with cucumber raita.