Mint,corn & Peas Pulao with Soya chunks

Soya is very rich in protein .There are lots of dishes that can be made with Soya.It can be added to any pulao too.Here is my version of a pulao that has mint,potato,peas ,corn and ofcourse the SOYA CHUNKS.

This recipe serves 3.

Ingredients:

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• Rice(Sona Masuri/Basmati) - 200 grams
• Onions - 2 medium sized
• Peas - 1 handful
• Potato - 1 big
• Corn shells - 1 handful
• Tomato - 1
• Fresh Mint leaves - 3 small bunches
• Coriander leaves - 1 small bunch
• Coconut shredded - 1 tbsp
• Soya chunks - 20
• Cashews - 5
• Ghee - 3 tsp
• Cloves - 2
• Cinnamon - a 1 inch piece
• Elachi - 2
• Bay leaf - 1
• Shai Jeera - 1/2 tsp
• Jeera - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• sugar - 1/4 tsp
• Lemon juice - 2 tsp
• ginger garlic paste - a pinch
• green chillies - 3
• Pepper powder,garam masala powder - 3/4 tsp,each
• turmeric powder - a pinch

Method:

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• Wash and soak the rice in water for 2 hours.Drain excess water.
• Heat a tsp of ghee in a hard bottomed pressure cooker.Add little chopped onions and saute till they turn pink.Add the soaked rice and saute for 5 min so that the rice becomes dry.Set aside.
• Separate mint leaves & coriander leaves from stem and wash well.
• In a mixer,add mint leaves,coriander leaves,tomato,rest of onion,coconut and little water.Grind to a fine loose paste.
• Heat a tsp of ghee in the same cooker,add shahi jeera,jeera,cloves,cinnamon,elachi,bay leaf and saute for 5 sec.
• Add green chillies,peas,corn,potato slices,ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell goes off.
• Add the ground paste,turmeric powder,pepper powder,salt,sugar,garam masala powder and saute till the raw smell goes off.
• Now add water(for 1 cup of rice add 1 cup of water).But since the ground paste is also watery,add only little water so that (Ground watery paste + little water = 1 cup ).
• Add soya chunks and mix well.Now add the rice and mix well.
• Pressure cook the above contents.(One whistle on a high flame and switch off in 5 min exactly).
• Heat a tsp of ghee and roast the cashews till golden brown and garnish the pulao.Add lemon juice and mix well.

Serve hot with Onion raitha.