Soya chunks Biriyani:

Meal maker Biriyani/Soya Chunks Biriyani.

Ingredients:

Meal maker/soya chunks 1 bowl full
Small grained rice(seeraga samba) or long grained rice(basmathi)
Onion 1 chopped
Tomato 2-3 chopped
Mint/Pudina leaves 1 cup full
Ginger - garlic paste 2-3 spoons
Green chillies 6 slitted
Lime juice from 1 fruit
Clove 3
Cinnamon sticks 2
Cardamom 3
Star anise 1
Bay leaves 3
Salt
Chili powder 1 spoon
Marathi mokku 2-3
Ghee/butter/refined oil 1 cup

Method:

1. Soak soya chunks in warm water for 1 hour....or better boil soya chunks with little salt added to it. Boil for minimum 6-8 minutes. Then squeeze off the water held in a colander.

2. In a pressure cooker add oil/ghee and wait till its smoky hot.

3. Add the spices clove, cinnamon, cardamom, marathi mokku, star anise, bay leaves and fry for a while.

4. Later add green chilies and onion....fry till onion is translucent and lost its raw smell.

5. Now add ginger - garlic paste to the above and fry till it looses its raw smell.

6. Add tomato plus mint leaves and fry till it looses its water content and oil shows up on top.

7. Now add chilly powder, lime juice and soya chunks. Add water and rice with salt now.

8. Measure the water according to rice you use. For 1 cup of rice 1 and 1/2 cup of water. Salt this water and bring it to boil.

9. Cook till 2 whistle.

10. Serve them hot with onion or cucumber raita.