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Soya Chunks Biryani

Posted on Oct 9, 2011 · Last Updated on Jun 23, 2020 by Uma Ramanujam · 30 Comments

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With no sufficient vegetables at hand, a Sunday meal can still be a special one if you have soya chunks at hand. I prepared this soya chunks biryani with a slight variation from my usual vegetable biryani. Those who doesn’t like soya chunks can replace it with vegetables.

Did you know? Soya chunks (alternatively called as meal maker in India) is a good source of protein especially considered as a best replacement for meat based proteins.

Basic Information:
Preparation Time: 25 minutes
Cooking Time: 30-45 minutes
Serves – 3

Ingredients:

Basmathi Rice – 1.5 cups

Soya chunks – 1 cup

Mixed vegetables – 1 cups (I used carrot, beans and baby corn)

Onion – 1/2 cup, sliced lenght wise

Tomato – 1 no, sliced

Ginger and garlic paste – 1 teaspoon

Mint and Coriander leaves – a handful

Coconut milk – 1 cup (I used cream coconut)

Water – 1 and 3/4 cups

Coriander powder – 1 tablespoon

Red chilli powder – 1 teaspoon / to taste

Salt – to taste

Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Bay leaves – 1 no , crushed

Green cardamom – 2 nos, crushed

Cinnamon stick – 2 inch length

Fennel seeds – 1/2 teaspoon

Oil – 1 tablespoon


Method:

1) Clean and soak soya chunks in warm water for 15 minutes or follow the package instructions for cleaning and soaking.

2) In a pan, heat oil. When it is hot, add fennel seeds, bay leaves, cinnamon stick and green cardamon.

3) When they crackle, add onions and fry till they become soft.

4) Add ginger garlic paste and saute for a minute.

5) Add tomatoes and continue sauteing till they mashes well.

6) Add mixed vegetables and give a quick stir.

7) Lower the flame and sprinkle handful of water. Cover and cook for 10 minutes. Make sure the bottom of the pan is not getting burn.

8) When the vegetables are half cooked, add soya chunks and transfer the entire content to pressure cooker.

9) Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt, mint and coriander leaves. Mix well.

10) Add 1 cup coconut milk and 1 and 3/4 cups of water.

11) When it starts to boiling, add rice and gently mix it using spatula and cover the pressure cooker using the lid.

12) Wait for 3 whistle or according to your pressure cooker type and rice type.

13) Open when the steam completely releases from pressure cooker.

14) Allow it to cool for few minutes and very gently mix the rice.

15) Serve hot with raita.

Note:

1) The entire process can also be done only in pressure cooker. As I am not convenient with it, First I cooked vegetables in pan, then transferred it to pressure cooker.

2) You can add any vegetables of your choice.

Sending this recipe to Reva’s Cooking with seeds – Rice event.

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Nalini's Kitchen
Nalini's Kitchen
13 years ago

Looks delicious… my favorite and perfectly done.

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Julie
Julie
13 years ago

yummy !! love the biriyani with soya chunks!!

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Unknown
Unknown
13 years ago

I Liked this when my friend made it – but when I actually bought the soya chunks and followed her recipe – soaking them in water, they looked too much like meat for me to enjoy it anymore – What I do now is use it much like we use vadams (karuvadams) fry them up in a shallow pan and add them – not the healthiest but gets the protein!

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Sangeetha M
Sangeetha M
13 years ago

Delicious biryani with meal maker…mostly u add coconut milk in all your biryani it seems..,def it gives rich taste n flavor…will try next time !!!

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MyKitchen Flavors-BonAppetit!.
MyKitchen Flavors-BonAppetit!.
13 years ago

Mealmaker Biryani will taste surely good.Yumm click as well.

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Sravs
Sravs
13 years ago

Soya Chunks Biryani looks very inviting and yummy with great flavours !!

Ongoing event CC-What's For Friday Dinner

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Amina
Amina
13 years ago

wow.. looks absolutely delicious… thanks for sharing..

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Indian Khana
Indian Khana
13 years ago

Delish …love this too …..looks very yum

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Aruna Manikandan
Aruna Manikandan
13 years ago

looks spicy and delicious dear 🙂

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layaa
layaa
13 years ago

Awesome,superb.First time here,happy to know a fellow blogger from my state,happy to following u dear.U r having such a wonderful blog,that drags me on ur way.

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Unknown
Unknown
13 years ago

Flavourful and yummy biriyani

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Roshna Feroz
Roshna Feroz
13 years ago

Will surely try ths soon!!!

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Vidhya
Vidhya
13 years ago

I used to make a version of this often,but lately this had been out of my mind.Your version looks super.

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Reva
Reva
13 years ago

This looks lovely . I still have a pack of soya chunks which is not used as I didn't have a recipe at hand.. Your version looks lovely.. Thanks for sending it to the event..
Reva

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Sanyukta Gour(Bayes)
Sanyukta Gour(Bayes)
13 years ago

Ur step pics always amaze me..wonderful..biryani looks mouthwatering..

Happily following u from some days..hope u do the same…
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Sanyukta

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Anonymous
Anonymous
13 years ago

very tempting nice
samaiyalattakaasam.blogspot.com/

jaleela

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priya ravi
priya ravi
13 years ago

super looking and delicious.. healthy too with protien loaded soya chunks..

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Sushma Mallya
Sushma Mallya
13 years ago

They look so nice and yummy…I love soya chunks ..simply delicious!

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Priya Suresh
Priya Suresh
13 years ago

I can happily have this briyani anytime with onion raita, lovely dish..

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Raks
Raks
13 years ago

Nice way to cook soya chunk,delicious briyani!

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Menaga Sathia
Menaga Sathia
13 years ago

looks inviting…love to have with raita,my daughter fav biryani!!

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Sensible Vegetarian
Sensible Vegetarian
13 years ago

Lovely color and can smell the biryani from your clicks.

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Pushpa
Pushpa
13 years ago

Comforting and delicious soya chunks biryani.

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khushi
khushi
13 years ago

flavorful biriyani…its perfect for the event:
Event: Kerala Kitchen

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Kalyani
Kalyani
13 years ago

super delicious !

Kalyani
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New event: Strawberry desserts all this October

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Pranati Nath
Pranati Nath
13 years ago

Hi, First time to you blog and you have a very lovely space here…do visit my space when u find time… pran-oriya-recipies.blogspot.com/

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JishasKitchen
JishasKitchen
13 years ago

wow…beautiful presentation….loved it

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Torviewtoronto
Torviewtoronto
13 years ago

this looks delicious wonderfully done

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Found In Folsom
Found In Folsom
13 years ago

I liked the pics with step by step process. My rice is in the cooker while I am sending you this comment…:) hope it turns out good. I forgot to add wat to the coconut milk. I added while the rice is cooking though.

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Unknown
Unknown
13 years ago

Found In Folsom, Thanks for trying it out. Hope it turned out good. If you maintain 2 cups of water for a cup, then also the rice taste good without the coconut milk. Hope you did so.

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