Green Soya Pulao Recipe
A quick one pot high protein meal made with soya chunks, rice, and a fresh green paste of mint, coriander, sambar onions, ginger, garlic, and green chillies. Ready in 20 minutes in a pressure cooker. Perfect for weeknight dinners and lunchboxes.
Servings 2 people
Ingredients
For the Green Paste:
- 1 mint leaves handful
- 1 coriander leaves handful
- 8-10 sambar onions small or 1 big onion if sambar onions are not available
- 3-4 garlic cloves
- 1 inch ginger
- 2 green chillies
For the Pulao:
- 1 cup soya chunks
- 1/2 cup basmati rice rinsed
- 1 tomato roughly chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- Salt to taste
- 1 to 2 teaspoons oil
Whole Spices:
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 cardamom pods
- 3 cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 cup water use 1.25 cups for softer texture
Instructions
- Soak soya chunks in boiling hot water for 5-10 minutes. Drain and wash twice with fresh clean water. Squeeze out all the water firmly and keep aside.
- Blend mint leaves, coriander leaves, sambar onions, garlic, ginger, and green chillies with a little water into a smooth paste. Use a big onion if sambar onions are not available.
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker over medium flame. Add bay leaf, cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon. Let them sizzle for 1 minute.
- Add the green paste and sauté on medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes until the raw smell is completely gone.
- Add chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder, garam masala, and salt. Mix well.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add squeezed soya chunks and rinsed rice. Sauté gently for 1 minute.
- Add 1 cup water. Stir gently. Close the lid and pressure cook for 1 whistle on medium heat.
- Switch off the flame. Let pressure release naturally.
- Open the lid, fluff gently, and serve hot with raita.
Notes
For a softer texture, use 1.25 cups of water instead of 1 cup.
Do not soak the rice before cooking, rinsed but unsoaked rice gives more separate grains.
Sambar onions go into the green paste. If you do not have them, use one big onion instead.
To make without onion and garlic, skip both from the paste and add a pinch of asafoetida to the oil.
Do not soak the rice before cooking, rinsed but unsoaked rice gives more separate grains.
Sambar onions go into the green paste. If you do not have them, use one big onion instead.
To make without onion and garlic, skip both from the paste and add a pinch of asafoetida to the oil.