Raw mango rice / mavina kayi chitranna is a delicious rice preparation from South India. It is known by different names as mavin kayi chitranna in karnataka , mamidkayi pulihora in Andhra pradesh or mangai sadam in Tamil nadu. (more…)
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Soya chunks pulav is tasty and easy to make one pot meal, providing with the necessary proteins to the body. Soyabean is a good source of nutrition for vegetarians and these chunks can be used easily in cooking.
Being a vegetarian, dairy products, green leafy vegetables, legumes and pulses play an important role in our diet on daily basis. Of late, soya is one of the super foods which we are including regularly in our diet.
Protein rich soya pulav is not only filling but easy to prepare. You can modify it as per your taste buds. It is ideal for lunch, dinner, brunch or as a lunch box option.
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I have added beet and cauliflower also along with the regular veggies. Soya chunks are of “Nutrela” brand. While boiling, adding a pinch of salt gives taste to it. Do take a look at the recipe, I have tweaked it than the usual one and it was good. Over to the recipe of SOYA CHUNKS PULAV
Soya chunks pulav
Recipe Type: Rice dishes
Cuisine: Indian
Author: Jayashree @evergreendishes
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Serves: 4
A tasty and healthy dish that can be easily made.
Ingredients
Measurement : 1 cup=250ml
rice (basmati) 1 cup
beans 15-20
carrot 1
cauliflower 1/4
beetroot 1/2
onion 2 (small)
cloves 3
cardamom 3
cinnamon 1 inch
shahjeera 1/2tsp
bay leaf 1
mint leaves 1/2 cup
coriander 1 cup
green chilly 1
ginger 1 inch
garlic 5 cloves
oil ghee mixture 3 tbsp
salt to taste
water 2 cups
soya chunks 30
Instructions
Cut the veggies into small pieces and put them seperately in water.
Wash and soak the rice in water for fifteen minutes.
Grind mint leaves, coriander, green chilly, ginger, garlic and two tablespoon of onion to a paste.
Take the oil -ghee mixture in a pressure cooker and throw in the spices. After a few seconds, put the onions and saute them for a while.
Now, add the beans and saute them.
Throw in the carrots, beet and cauliflower, in the order and mix accordingly.
Add the rice and gently mix it.
Put the green paste and saute for thirty seconds.
Add two cups of water and salt. Mix thoroughly.
Close the lid and keep the whistle. Cook for one whistle.
Put the soya chunks in water with a little salt. Boil for two minutes.
Once the pressure releases, remove the lid and gently mix it.
Sueeze the water from the soya chunks and put it in the pulav.
Serve with onion raita or any gravy.
Take a tip :
Pulav is mildly spiced. Add a few more chilli if you want it spicy. I prefer using the mixture of oil and ghee for cooking pulao. You may use only ghee or clarified butter if you wish. You can cook this in a rice cooker too. Follow till step 8 and then put it in the rice cooker, add water and salt and put it in power mode.
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ingredients for grinding
Grind coriander, mint leaves, ginger, green chilly and cloves of garlic, along with two tablespoon of onions.
veggies
Veggies at a glance.
green paste
The paste is ready.
spices used
The spices that I used.
cooking in steps
Heat the oil ghee mixture. Add the spices and let it splutter for a few seconds. Then, add the onions.
cooking in steps
Once the onions are partially cooked. add the vegetables as beans, carrot, beet root, cauliflower accordingly. Finally add the rice. Again give a stir.
cooking in steps
Now, add the green paste and mix gently. After thirty seconds, add water and salt. Give a stir, close the lid and keep the whistle. Allow to cook for one whistle.
soya chunks
Boil the soya chunks in water for two minutes. Squeeze the water out and add to the pulav. Put a pinch of salt while boiling them.
soya chunks pulav
Once the pressure releases, remove the lid and gently mix the veggies and rice together. Add the soya chunks to it and serve.
Soya chunks Pulav is ready to serve. You can use onion raita or any gravy along with it.
If you are using a rice cooker, you can follow the same steps until you saute the rice, then put it in the electric cooker and add the water.
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Spinach rice is a delicious rice dish ideal for lunch, brunch or dinner. It is a good way to include iron riich spinach in our diet.
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Spinach rice is a tasty dish which I have picked it from my mom. My mother is a good cook, she can create many kind of dishes. I like her enthusiasm to cook for us even now.
What is Spinach Rice / Palak rice
Spinach rice is another kind of rice dish from Indian cuisine which you can prepare for your family. The recipe is simple and does not need any fancy ingredients. It is ideal to pack for lunch box. You can also make it as a weekend menu and serve with a few papad and raita.
Let us get to the recipe of spinach rice / palak rice
Ingredients :
1 cup Rice
1 cluster Spinach
handful of coriander
2 green chilli
1 inch ginger
2 cloves garlic
2 onion
2 tbsp oil
1 teaspoon cumin
1 stick cinnamon
3 cloves
1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon garam masala
Method:
Wash the rice and cook it with adequate quantity of water in a pressure cooker..The rice cooked should be separate grains.
Let the pressure release by itself. Keep the cooked rice in a wide pan.
Clean the spinach and coriander. Wash them properly in water and chop them roughly. Blanch them for two minutes. Immerse in cold water.
Grind spinach and coriander along with green chilli, ginger, garlic to a smooth paste.
Cut onion finely.
Take oil in a pan, add cumin to it. Thrown in cloves and cinnamon, put onion and saute for sometime.
Now, add the paste to it and continue to saute, the raw smell of the spinach should not be present.
Add salt, chilli powder and garam masala. Mix well, switch off the flame.
Add half the quantity of rice and mix it gently. Put rice accordingly as per the taste.
Spinach Rice / Palak rice is ready to serve.
Take a tip :
Adding of garlic is optional.
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Spinach is commonly used at home. I have shared many spinach recipes. You may like to check out Dal Palak, Palak with potato or Corn Palak as accompaniments with chapathi or phulka. A few snack recipes in which I used spinach was palak sev. South indian recipes using spinach are palak tambli and palak chutney both of them are tasty and make a good accompaniment with steamed rice.
Spinach Rice | Palak Rice
Spinach rice / Palak rice is a flavoursome rice dish ideal to serve for lunch or dinner.
Wash the rice and cook it with adequate quantity of water in a pressure cooker..The rice cooked should be separate grains.
Let the pressure release by itself. Keep the cooked rice in a wide pan.
Clean the spinach and coriander. Wash them properly in water and chop them roughly. Blanch them for two minutes. Immerse in cold water.
Grind spinach and coriander along with green chilli, ginger, garlic to a smooth paste.
Cut onion finely.
Take oil in a pan, add cumin to it. Thrown in cloves and cinnamon, put onion and saute for sometime.
Now, add the paste to it and continue to saute, the raw smell of the spinach should not be present.
Add salt, chilli powder and garam masala. Mix well, switch off the flame.
Add half the quantity of rice and mix it gently. Further, put rice accordingly as per your taste. The plain steamed rice can be eaten with dal.
Spinach Rice / Palak rice is ready to serve.
Notes
Adding of garlic is optional.
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