Recipe: Tasty Soya pulao

Recipe: Tasty Soya pulao Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Soya pulao. Soya nuggets make a good substitute for mutton in this pulao, made especially for vegetarians. A spicy, delicious Soya Pulao is an Indian weeknight dinner table favorite, and it comes together quickly with pantry ingredients. Long before soy products like tofu and soy milk made an appearance in India, there were soya nuggets or soya chunks.
Tips and Variations: You can also cook pulao in a pressure cooker instead of cooking in a pan.
Soya Pulao is a Healthy version of Indian Rice Dishes.
It is simply made with Basmati Rice, Soya Bean Chunks and Spices.
You can have Soya pulao using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Soya pulao
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Prepare 2 tbsp of oil.
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You need 1 of bay leaf.
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You need 1 of small- cinnamon stick.
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You need 4-6 of -cloves.
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It’s 2 tsp of jeera/cumin.
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Prepare 1 of big pinch hing.
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You need 1 of big onion chopped.
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It’s 1 of carrot diced.
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You need 1/8 cup of green peas.
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It’s 1/4 cup of cauliflower florets.
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You need 2 of medium tomatoes chopped.
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It’s 1/4 cup of soya granules (soaked).
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You need 2 tsp of crushed garlic.
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You need 2 tsp of ginger grated.
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It’s 2 tbsp of finely chopped coriander.
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You need 2 tsp of red chilli powder.
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It’s 2 tsp of coriander powder.
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You need 1 tsp of kitchen king masala.
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Prepare 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
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You need 1 1/2 cup of soaked rice.
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You need of Salt as per taste.
It is is a low-calorie pulao Dish.
Soya Pulao contains a good amount of protein, nutrients and iron.
This pulao recipe has lots of healthy and nutritional values because of soya chunks, hence makes a healthy addition to the.
Serve this rice pot pulao with some raita on the side or even Mirchi Ka Salan.
Soya pulao step by step
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In a pressure cooker take oil, add all the khada masala & hing and cook it for 1 minute. Then add onion and cook it for 4-5 minutes..
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Now add carrots, cauliflower and green peas & cook it for another 5-6 minutes, also add salt..
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Now add finely chopped tomatoes, soaked soya granules, crushed garlic and ginger and cook everything nicely for 5-6 minutes..
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Now add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, kitchen king masala and chopped coriander and mix well, then add soaked rice and 1-1/2 glass of water, adjust the seasoning, cover the lid & pressure cook it on high flame for 1 vissel..
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Serve hot with curd/raita.
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Note- soak the rice for atleast 1-2 hours before making the pulao, soak soya granules only for 5-10 minutes..
You can also serve Cucumber Buttermilk with it.
You can serve this meatless meal as the main course for lunch, dinner, parties, brunches, etc.
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.