Soya chunks recipes : Soya Mutter Pulao ( Low Cholesterol Recipe)

 

Soya Mutter Pulao ( Low Cholesterol Recipe)


Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Makes 5 servings

Ingredients
1 cup brown rice
1/4 cup soya chunks (nuggets) (chunks)
1/4 cup green peas
1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
25 mm (1”) stick cinnamon (dalchini)
2 cloves (laung / lavang) (laung)
1 bay leaf (tejpatta)
1 cardamom (elaichi)
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1/4 tsp garam masala
1 tsp coriander-cumin seeds (dhania-jeera) powder
1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
2 tsp oil
salt to taste
to be ground into a chilli-garlic paste
3 garlic (lehsun) cloves
3 whole dry red chillies

Method

Clean, wash and soak the rice for approx. 15 minutes. Drain and keep aside.
Combine the soya nuggets and salt with 1 cup of hot water and soak for 20

minutes. Drain, squeeze out the water, and keep aside.
Heat the oil in a pressure cooker and add the cumin seeds, cinnamon, cloves,

bay leaf and cardamom.
When the cumin seeds crackle, add the onions and prepared chilli-garlic paste

and sauté till the onions turn golden brown.
Add the turmeric powder, garam masala, coriander-cumin seed powder, tomatoes,

rice, soya nuggets, green peas and salt, and sauté for another 2 minutes.
Add 11/2 cups of hot water and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
Allow the steam to escape before opening the cooker. Separate each grain of

rice lightly with a fork. Serve hot.

Tips

Easily available in stores, they can be added to any vegetable or rice recipe

to increase its nutritional value.
Make sure you soak the nuggets in warm water beforehand.