Soya Chunks Pulao is a simple, mild & nutritious pulao made by cooking soya with coconut milk, tempered spices, onion and herbs. Soya Chunks Pulao is chewy & a perfect tasty choice to include soya in diet. Soya Chunks Pulao Recipe is explained in this post with step by step pictures.
Soya Chunks Pulao is a simple and mild pulao recipe with coconut milk.I usually add soya chunks to vegetable biryani or on very rare ocassions make soya chunks biryani.Last week when my neighbour shared thenga paal sadam which had soya chunks and peas, I just loved it, it was so tasty. Amma makes thenga paal sadam without any veggies so the idea of adding soya chunks and peas was new to me so tried the same and it came out soo good.This is a very easy one pot meal that you can make for lunch, just get reasy with coconut milk and cooked soya then you are done with this pulao in minutes,You can pair it up with some spicy curry.Check out other recipes using soya chunks in the collection page.
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Soya Chunks Pulao
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup basmati rice
- 1/2 cup soya chunks
- 1/4 cup fresh green peas
- 1 medium sized big onion chopped lengthwise
- 1 green chilli slitted
- 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- 15 mint leaves
- 1/4 cup coconut milk thick
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
- salt to taste
To Temper:
- 2 teaspoon oil
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 2 cloves
- 1 cardamom
- 1/2 inch piece cinnamon
Instructions
- Boil water + milk in a pan till it bubbles up rigorously. Switch off & add the soya chunks and let it aside for few mins for it to grow in size.
- Meanwhile soak basmati rice for at least 30mins.
- Then rinse soya chunks in cold water at least twice to get rid of the raw smell. Drain and squeeze excess water and set aside.
- In a pressure pan , heat oil + ghee add items listed under ‘to temper’, let it splutter.
- Add ginger garlic paste and onion, fry till onions turns transparent then add mint leaves, saute for a minute.
- Add soya chunks and peas, give a quick mix then add garam masala powder and required salt. Saute for 2mins.
- Then add rice after draining soaked water and mix well.
- Now add coconut milk, water and pressure cook for 3 whistles. Once pressure releases fluff it up.
- Transfer to serving dish. Serve Soya Chunks Pulao hot!
Notes
- Soaking rice helps in getting grains separated and also soft texture.
- Adding garam masala powder is optional.
- You can increase coconut milk and reduce water quantity accordingly, nut don’t add more than 1/2 cup coconut milk else the rice will become sticky.
- If you are using the bigger variety of soya chunks, chop them into 2 then add it.
- The number of whistles depends on your pressure cooker and also the variety of basmati rice that you are using.
How to make Soya Chunks Pulao
- Boil water + milk in a pan till it bubbles up rigourously.Switch off and add the soya chunks and let it aside for few mins for it to grow in size.Meanwhile soak basmati rice for atleast 30mins.
- Then rinse soya chunks in cold water atleast twice to get rid of the raw smell.Drain and squeeze excess water and Set aside.In a pressure pan , heat oil + ghee add items listed under ‘to temper’, let it splutter.
- Then add ginger garlic paste and onion, fry till onions turns transparent then add mint leaves, saute for a minute.
- Then add soya chunks and peas, give a quick mix then add garam masala powder and required salt .Saute for 2mins.
- Then add rice after draining soaked water.Mix well then add coconut milk.
- Add water and pressure cook for 3 whistles.Once pressure releases fluff it up.Transfer to serving dish.
Serve hot!
Expert Tips
- Soaking rice helps in getting grains separated and also soft texture.
- Adding garam masala powder is optional.
- You can increase coconut milk and reduce water quantity accordingly, nut don’t add more than 1/2 cup coconut milk else the rice will become sticky.
- If you are using the bigger variety of soya chunks, chop them into 2 then add it.
- The number of whistles depends on your pressure cooker and also the variety of basmati rice that you are using.
Ramya Venkat
delicious
sam sub
Which brand of basmati rice do you use while making rice items?
SHARMILEE J
I use India Gate Super but have tried other variations like Dubar,Tibar,Classic too but mostly I use India Gate / Double Deer
Classic collections
Tell me the ratio of water and cocunt milk for 1 cup of rice
SHARMILEE J
For 1 cup of rice its 1/4 cup coconut milk and 1 and 3/4 cups of water