This simple soyachunks mint rice recipe is very easy and simple to make.This uses your normal daily-use rice thus making it a recipe for everyday. Even the other ingredients used in this recipe are easily available. Your kids are sure to love this healthy and nutritious recipe.
- Normal Rice – 1 cup
- Water – as required to cook the rice
- Onion – 2 big (sliced)
- Beans – few (chopped)
- Green chili – 3 to 4 (slit it in between)
- Ghee – 2 tbsp
- Mint leaves – handful (chopped)
- Carrot – 1 big (chopped)
- Soya chunks – 15 to 20
- Salt – as per the taste
Dry spices :-
- Bay leaf – 1 bay leaf
- Cloves – 4 to 5
- Green Cardamoms – 2 to 3
- Cinnamon stick – 1 ½ inch
- Javithri – 1 strand
- Jeera – ¼ tsp
- Pepper corn – Few
- Star anise – 1
- In a bowl heat water by adding some salt in it.
- Now soak soya chunks in hot water till they soften.
- Rinse and squeeze excess water and cut the chunks to 2 if they are too large and set aside.
- Now cook rice separately and keep it aside.
- Heat a kadahi with oil in it.
- Add all the above mentioned dry spices and saute till you get an aroma.
- Add onion and salt, fry till golden brown.
- Now add carrot, beans, green chilli, soya chunks and fry on high for about 5 to 6 minutes stirring in between.(do not cover and overcook)
- Add chopped mint leaves and mix.
- Add the cooked rice in it and mix well.
- Serve hot with any raita or pickle.