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You are here: Home / Biryani Recipes / Soya Chunks Biryani Recipe – Meal Maker Biryani

Soya Chunks Biryani Recipe – Meal Maker Biryani

November 20, 2012 by Sharmilee J 28 Comments

I wanted to try Soya chunks Biryani for a long time but my behind thoughts never let me to…..as having tried quite a few soya chunks recipes, I always had  a doubt of how well the soya will blend with the biryani masala…..so hence the delay. Now I know this biryani will sure be in our menu often, this can easily fit in your kids lunch box too. This is healthy, nutritious and sure a yum biryani combo.

I wanted to make biryani just with soya chunks but if you prefer you can add other vegetables with the biryani too.
Soya Chunks Biryani Recipe

Soya Chunks Biryani Recipe – Ingredients

Serves: 2
Cooking & Preparation Time: 40 mins




Basmati Rice – 1 and 1/4 cups
Soya Chunks – 3/4 cups (I used the mini soyachunks)
Onion – 1 big chopped lengthwise
Ginger Garlic paste – 2 tsp
Garam Masala powder – 1 tsp
Red Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
Coconut Milk – 1/2 cup
Water – 1 and 1/2 cups
Salt – to taste

To grind to a paste:

Tomato – 1 medium sized
Coriander leaves – 1/4 cup
Mint leaves – 1/8 cup
Pepper – 1/2 tsp
Fennel seeds – 1 tsp

To temper:

Oil – 2 tsp
Ghee – 1/2 tbsp
Cloves -2
Cardamom -2
Cinnamon – 1/4 inch piece
Shahi Jeera – 1/2 tsp
Bayleaf -1

Soya Chunks Biryani Recipe

Method:
1.Boil 1 cup water wit a tbsp of milk and little salt. Once it starts boiling rigourously switch it off and add the soya chunks, set aside for 10mins. Can you see it has grown almost double in size now.
Soya Chunks Biryani Recipe - Step1
2.Rinse with cold water thrice atleast to get rid of the raw smell of soya chunks.Grind the ingredients under the list ‘to grind’ to a fine paste. Set aside.
Soya Chunks Biryani Recipe - Step2
3.Heat oil + ghee – add the ingredients under the list ‘to temper’ add ginger garlic paste, onions and fry till it turns slightly browned. Then add the mint coriander paste along with red chilli powder and garam masala powder.Fry till raw smell leaves.
Soya Chunks Biryani Recipe - Step3

4.Then add the soya along with salt. Mix well until the gravy is well blended with the soya. Presoak rice in water for 15mins. Drain water and add the rice, give a quick stir.
Soya Chunks Biryani Recipe - Step4
5.Now add coconut milk, water and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles in low medium flame. Once pressure releases, open and carefully fluff the rice with a fork.
Soya Chunks Biryani Recipe - Step5
Serve hot with onion raita!
Soya Chunks Biryani Recipe
My Notes:

  • Adding shahi jeera gives a nice unique flavour. But if you dont have it, just go ahead with normal jeera(cumin seeds).
  • Soya chunks by itself is totally bland so the spices and masalas should be dominating to give it a nice blend.
  • You can garnish with coriander leaves too at the finish.

Soya Chunks Biryani Recipe

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Comments

  1. Surya Gopi says

    November 20, 2012 at 4:23 pm

    looks divine!! 🙂

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  2. Prathima Rao says

    November 20, 2012 at 4:37 pm

    delicious biryani!!! healthy too 🙂 Love the ingredients for the masala..routine ings but yet a new combo!!
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

    Reply
  3. Tamilarasi Sasikumar says

    November 20, 2012 at 4:39 pm

    Looks Delicious…

    Reply
  4. APARNARAJESHKUMAR says

    November 20, 2012 at 4:44 pm

    lovely one ! sharmi

    Reply
  5. Suja Manoj says

    November 20, 2012 at 4:50 pm

    Love this healthy version..yum biryani

    Reply
  6. Nivedhanams Sowmya says

    November 20, 2012 at 6:54 pm

    That is such a healthy and yummy version!!!
    Sowmya
    Ongoing Event – CWF – Whole Wheat Flour
    Ongoing Event – Eggless Bakes and Treats

    Reply
  7. divya says

    November 20, 2012 at 7:26 pm

    slurp…looks very tempting…

    Reply
  8. Sangeetha Priya says

    November 20, 2012 at 8:14 pm

    Delectable Biryani!!!

    Reply
  9. Reshmi Mahesh says

    November 20, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    Delicious flavorful biryani…

    Reply
  10. Nupur says

    November 20, 2012 at 10:16 pm

    I like the bland taste of Soya Chunks a lot, never thought of giving this recipe a fancy name like Soya Chunk Biryani, but it indeed tastes like it 😛

    Reply
  11. Sangeetha says

    November 21, 2012 at 1:15 am

    Loved ur grind masala ingredients , sounds flavorful…biryani looks so yummy !!

    Reply
  12. Gauri says

    November 21, 2012 at 2:12 am

    Looks good enough to eat .. even for breakfast!

    Reply
  13. prathibha Garre says

    November 21, 2012 at 3:18 am

    I love the taste of soya chunks in biriyanis, looks delicious

    Reply
  14. Priya Gurusamy says

    November 21, 2012 at 5:09 am

    healthy receipe. Protein,calcium and fiber rich soya is good for women. thanks for the receipe using soya.

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  15. Priya Gurusamy says

    November 21, 2012 at 5:11 am

    healthy receipe. Protein,calcium and fiber rich soya chunks is good for women. thanks for this healthy one using soya

    Reply
  16. RAKS KITCHEN says

    November 21, 2012 at 6:36 am

    havenot tried it before, but tempts me a lot. 🙂

    Reply
  17. Vimitha Anand says

    November 21, 2012 at 8:31 am

    Healthy and protein rich flavorful biryani Sharmi.

    Reply
  18. Uma Ramanujam says

    November 21, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    Looks wonderful. I often prepare it as the Husband loves soya a lot.

    Reply
  19. Priya says

    November 21, 2012 at 6:48 pm

    I do this briyani quite often if i dont meats, an excellent flavourful briyani;

    Reply
  20. Chitra says

    November 22, 2012 at 5:39 am

    i love soya chunks a lot..will try this.. thnx for sharing 🙂

    Reply
  21. Ragini Sharma says

    November 22, 2012 at 10:56 am

    I always wanted to learn this recipe. Thank you for sharing this recipe.

    Joint Replacement India

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  22. Sangeetha says

    November 23, 2012 at 2:37 pm

    I tried this Biryani, mainly for the grinding ingredients, glad that I did n the biryani tasted delicious n so flavorful…except the coconut milk addition I followed the same procedure, fennel-coriander-pepper flavor blended well with biryani, Chance a illa 🙂 super!! Thanks!!
    Sent u my pic n msg in FB!

    Reply
  23. M D says

    November 25, 2012 at 6:20 am

    Fabulous looking biryani!

    Reply
  24. stella says

    March 15, 2013 at 9:21 am

    i tried it…it was so delicious…loved it…thank u for the recipe…

    Reply
  25. Jaya Raja says

    December 2, 2013 at 6:53 pm

    I tried this biryani abd it came out very well.buy why do u add i tbspoon milk to water when boiling soya balls?

    Reply
  26. Jaya Raja says

    December 2, 2013 at 6:56 pm

    Hi i tried this biryani and it came out really well. Want to know why u add little milk to water while boiling soya balls?

    Reply
  27. Kavitha says

    May 16, 2014 at 4:45 pm

    i tried this biryani yesterday and it was really awesome. i have never cooked soya chunks in my life but this was really a alteration in the daily cooking style…
    my husband and even my picky kid loved this dish….thanks to you…so im gonna try all the dishes in ur site …

    Reply
  28. Abinaya Baskaran says

    June 4, 2016 at 10:24 am

    I tried it today…it's wonderful… Thx for the recipe

    Reply

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