meal maker biryani recipe /soya chunks biryani

It may be called as soya chunks or meal maker whatever it may be its filled with full of protein. Obviously its a needed ingredient to be added to our diet as some survey says its a great ingredient for weight loss. Actually its a great replacement to any non vegetarian biriyanis I would say by look, texture and feel. This meal maker biryani recipe is such a wonderful tasty dish that its not at all tough to make its all like doing any other type of biriyani. Many people may have an aversion to the smell but its not at all a matter if you boil well and squeeze well it will become perfect. But I must say some people equally love to have this soya chunks like me even though its bland later it imbibes all the flavours from the masala. To make it to have some taste

you can marinate with spices for some time then continue the process that way it may be flavourful. I have used basmati rice you can use seeraga samba rice. Instead of adding chopped tomatoes I have blend it into a puree. Onions have to become golden before you put any other ingredients into it. Thats the trick to have a perfect biriyani. I have used pressure cooker you use a pot and do it as dum biriyani. Can cook the rice separately then make layers with the cooked masala that way also it will taste great. Do try this meal maker biryani recipe for sure.

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meal maker biryani recipe /soya chunks biryani

INGREDIENTS:

Soya chunks/mealmaker – 1 cup (120 gms)
Basmathi rice – 221/2 cups
Water to cook rice – 43/4 cups
Needed water for cooking soya chunks
Curd – 1/2 cup
Ginger garlic paste – 4-5 tbsp
Green chillies – 2-3(slit)
Coriander and mint leaves – a hand full
Tomatoes – 2(puried)
Big onions – 1(thinly sliced)
Cloves -2-3
Cardamom pods – 2
Bayleaves – 2
Cinnamon – 1
Garam masala – 2 tsp
Chilli powder – 11/2 tsp
Salt as per need
Coriander powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
Ghee – 3 tbsp
Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
Oil – 2 tbsp

METHOD:

1.Boil sufficient water in a pan add soya chunks with some salt and after 10 minutes switch off the stove drain, run through cold water, squeeze water thoroughly break or chop the chunks if you want.

2. Add half of the garam masala, turmeric and chilli powder with a hit of salt let it marinate.
3. Now keep every thing ready before starting the cooking process soak basmati rice for 15 minutes.
4. After 15 minutes drain water add a tsp of ghee in a kadai add this basmati rice fry for a minute and keep ready.

5. Keep a thick bottomed cooker add ghee and oil, add cloves, cinnamon, bayleaves and cardamon.
6. Leave onions to brown, then add ginger garlic paste and saute for some time.

7. Put soya chunks with green chillies saute for some time.
8. Add rest of the masala powders, tomato puree, coriander mint leaves and mix.

9. Pour curd mix well.
10. Add 43/4 cups of water with needed salt.
11. When it starts boiling put rice let it all boil. Finally add lemon juice mix.
12. Close the cooker with whistle.
13. Leave it for a sound keep the flame in simmer for 2-3 minutes.
14. Switch off when pressure is gone open fluff up rice and serve hot with onion raita.

meal maker biryani recipe /soya chunks biryani

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Total Time 1 hour hr

Course Lunch, Main Course, onepotmeal

Cuisine Indian, SouthIndian

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• Soya chunks/mealmaker - 1 cup(120 gms)

• Basmathi rice - 221/2 cups

• Water to cook rice - 43/4 cups
• Needed water for cooking soya chunks

• Curd - 1/2 cup

• Ginger garlic paste - 4-5 tbsp

• Green chillies - 2-3(slit)
• Coriander and mint leaves - a hand full

• Tomatoes - 2(puried)

• Big onion - 1(thinly sliced)
• Cloves -2-3

• Cardamom - 2

• Bayleaves - 2

• Cinnamon - 1

• Garam masala - 2 tsp

• Chilli powder - 11/2 tsp

• Salt as per need

• Coriander powder - 1 tsp

• Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

• Ghee - 3 tbsp

• Lemon juice - 1 tbsp

• Oil - 2 tbsp

Instructions

 

• Boil sufficient water in a pan add soya chunks with some salt and after 10 minutes switch off the stove and drain, run through cold water, squeeze water break or chop the chunks if you want.

  2.Now add half of the garam masala, turmeric and chilli powder with a hit of salt.let it marinate.

  3.Now keep every thing ready before starting the cooking process soak basmati rice for 15 minutes.

  4.Now after 15 minutes drain water add a tsp of ghee in a kadai add this basmati rice fry for a minute and keep ready.

  5.Keep a thick bottomed cooker add ghee and oil, add cloves, cinnamon, bayleaves and cardamon.

  6.Then add onion to brown, then add ginger garlic paste and saute for some time.

  7.Now add soya chunks with green chillies saute for some time.

  8.Add rest of the masala powders, tomato puree, coriander mint leaves and mix.

  9.Then add curd mix well.

  10.Now add 43/4 cups of water with needed salt.

  11.When it starts to boil add rice and let it all boil finally add lemon juice mix.

  13.Close the cooker with whistle.

  14.Leave it for only for a sound then keep the flame in simmer for 2-3 minutes.

  15.Switch off and when pressure is gone open fluff up rice and serve hot with onion raita.
  

Notes

I have used some big ones of soya you can use the smaller ones.
If the soya chunks are of big size just slice it to pieces and do the recipe.
Instead of water you can use coconut milk.
Add spices according to your taste.
Squeeze the soya chunks nicely so that it will not have any soya smell.
I have done it in pressure cooker you can do it in a pot well known as dum method.
Don’t soak basmati rice for longer because when it cooks it becomes mushy.

Keyword easy, lunch, onepotmeal, soyachunks