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 – Ingredients
Serves: 2Cooking & 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 tasteTo 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 tspTo temper:
Oil – 2 tsp
Ghee – 1/2 tbsp
Cloves -2
Cardamom -2
Cinnamon – 1/4 inch piece
Shahi Jeera – 1/2 tsp
Bayleaf -1
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Serve hot with onion raita!
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.
Serve hot with onion raita!
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.
Surya Gopi says
November 20, 2012 at 4:23 pmlooks divine!! 🙂
Prathima Rao says
November 20, 2012 at 4:37 pmdelicious biryani!!! healthy too 🙂 Love the ingredients for the masala..routine ings but yet a new combo!!
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Tamilarasi Sasikumar says
November 20, 2012 at 4:39 pmLooks Delicious…
APARNARAJESHKUMAR says
November 20, 2012 at 4:44 pmlovely one ! sharmi
Suja Manoj says
November 20, 2012 at 4:50 pmLove this healthy version..yum biryani
Nivedhanams Sowmya says
November 20, 2012 at 6:54 pmThat is such a healthy and yummy version!!!
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divya says
November 20, 2012 at 7:26 pmslurp…looks very tempting…
Sangeetha Priya says
November 20, 2012 at 8:14 pmDelectable Biryani!!!
Reshmi Mahesh says
November 20, 2012 at 9:24 pmDelicious flavorful biryani…
Nupur says
November 20, 2012 at 10:16 pmI 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 😛
Sangeetha says
November 21, 2012 at 1:15 amLoved ur grind masala ingredients , sounds flavorful…biryani looks so yummy !!
Gauri says
November 21, 2012 at 2:12 amLooks good enough to eat .. even for breakfast!
prathibha Garre says
November 21, 2012 at 3:18 amI love the taste of soya chunks in biriyanis, looks delicious
Priya Gurusamy says
November 21, 2012 at 5:09 amhealthy receipe. Protein,calcium and fiber rich soya is good for women. thanks for the receipe using soya.
Priya Gurusamy says
November 21, 2012 at 5:11 amhealthy receipe. Protein,calcium and fiber rich soya chunks is good for women. thanks for this healthy one using soya
RAKS KITCHEN says
November 21, 2012 at 6:36 amhavenot tried it before, but tempts me a lot. 🙂
Vimitha Anand says
November 21, 2012 at 8:31 amHealthy and protein rich flavorful biryani Sharmi.
Uma Ramanujam says
November 21, 2012 at 3:14 pmLooks wonderful. I often prepare it as the Husband loves soya a lot.
Priya says
November 21, 2012 at 6:48 pmI do this briyani quite often if i dont meats, an excellent flavourful briyani;
Chitra says
November 22, 2012 at 5:39 ami love soya chunks a lot..will try this.. thnx for sharing 🙂
Ragini Sharma says
November 22, 2012 at 10:56 amI always wanted to learn this recipe. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
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Sangeetha says
November 23, 2012 at 2:37 pmI 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!!
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M D says
November 25, 2012 at 6:20 amFabulous looking biryani!
stella says
March 15, 2013 at 9:21 ami tried it…it was so delicious…loved it…thank u for the recipe…
Jaya Raja says
December 2, 2013 at 6:53 pmI tried this biryani abd it came out very well.buy why do u add i tbspoon milk to water when boiling soya balls?
Jaya Raja says
December 2, 2013 at 6:56 pmHi i tried this biryani and it came out really well. Want to know why u add little milk to water while boiling soya balls?
Kavitha says
May 16, 2014 at 4:45 pmi 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 …
Abinaya Baskaran says
June 4, 2016 at 10:24 amI tried it today…it's wonderful… Thx for the recipe