Soya Chunks pulao

Soya Chunks pulao

Prep time - under 10 mins.

Cook time -under 30 mins

Serves - 4

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice – 2 cup

Soya Chunks -12-15

Onion - 3/4 cup thinly sliced

Green chilli -2

Fresh green peas - 1/4 cup

Thin coconut milk -2 cup

Fresh lemon juice -1 tbsp

Turmeric powder -1/4 tbsp

Chilli Powder - 1 tbsp

Gram masala powder -1 1/2 tbsp

Onion paste – 2 tbsp

Ginger -Garlic paste -1 tbsp

Green chilli paste – ½ tbsp

Coriander leaves finely chopped

Mint leaves 3 to 4

Oil - 3 tbsp

Cinnamon - 1 inch piece

Cloves - 2

Cardamom - 1

Bay leaf -1

Salt to taste

Method :

1) Boil the water, add soya chunks and salt keep it aside for 30 minutes.

2) Soak basmati rice in water for 20 minutes, keep it aside.

3) Meanwhile heat oil in a pan, add the cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf. Then add thinly sliced onions, green chillies and sauté until onions turn pink.

4) Now add the onion paste, ginger-garlic paste, green chilli paste, coriander leaves, mint leaves and sauté till the raw flavour goes.

5) Remove water, rinse well in running water and squeeze the soya chunks and cut them into 2, now add green peas, turmeric powder, chilli powder, gram masala powder and the soya chunks.

6) Saute for 2-3 minutes and then add the drained rice stir well. Add lemon juice, thin coconut milk and salt to taste.

7) Mix well and cover the lid. Keep it on the medium flame. When the rice is half done stir well, Keep it in very low flame for 5 minutes and turn off the flame.

8) Garnish with coriander leaves, serve hot with raita or any gravy of your choice.

Tasty Besan Rava Ladoo

Tasty Besan Rava Ladoo

Ingredients:

Besan 1 cup

Rava (fine quality) 2 cup

Ghee 8 tbsp

Sugar 2 cup

Water 1 cup

Cardamom powder 1 tbsp

Almond pieces 1 tbsp

Cashew nuts pieces 1 tbsp

Method :

1. Roast rava over medium flame; stir continuously till it gets nice pinkish colour and keep it aside.

2. Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a pan and roast besan until you sense nice aroma of it. Add some cashew nuts, almonds pieces (keep for garnish).

3. Add 2 cup sugar, 1 cup water and make one string consistency sugar syrup.

4. When the froth will disappear on sugar syrup turn off the heat and add this sugar syrup into mixture of rava and besan. Stir continuously for a minute and cover the plate.

5. Then after 10-15 minutes again stir this mixture well.

6. Add cardamom powder again stir it until Rava-besan mixture absorbs maximum sugar syrup.

7. Take little ghee on the palm while making ladoo. Garnish with alomond and cashew nuts pieces.

Tips :

1. The mixture becomes dry if sugar syrup is not thick than required consistency. Add some milk when mixture is dry.

2. Keep ladoo into refrigerator using airtight container, it will stay long around 7 days.