Veg & Soya Biryani Recipe 

Ingredients:

2 cup Basmati rice

2 Onion, finely chopped

1 tomato, finely chopped
4 sprig Mint(Puthina) leaves

1 carrot, chopped

5 Beans, chopped

15 meal maker(soya)

1 tblsp chilly powder

½ tblsp coriander powder

To grinding:

5 garlic

1 piece ginger

To Tempering:

1 tsp Fennel seeds (Perunjeeragam)

2 Cloves

2 pieces Cinnamon

1 star anise

2 Cardamoms

1 Bayleaf

3 tblsp ghee

2 tblsp cooking oil

Preparation:

1.       Transfer ginger and garlic to the mixi jar, grind them as fine paste and keep aside(its 1 tblsp ginger garlic paste)

2.      In a bowl add rice and soak it in water for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes drain the water completely and keep aside

Soya preparation:

1.       In a bowl add 3 cup of water and do boil. switch off the flame

2.      Add soya into the boiled water let them leave till the soya get soften

3.      When the soya gets soften drain and squeeze the water completely from soya

4.      Furthermore rinse them in cold water and squeeze the excess water from soya

5.      Cut the soya as 2 pieces if you using bigger size soya

Method:

1. Heat a cooker add 2 tblsp oil and 2 tblsp ghee. Then add cloves, cinnamon, cardamoms, bay leaf, fennel seeds and star anise, sauté for a minutes on low flame
2. When fennel seeds start to splitter add onion, fry it on low flame till turns golden brown
3. Add ginger garlic paste, sauté it till the raw smell disappear
4. Add mint leaves and sauté for a minutes
5. Add tomato, fry it on low flame till gets mushy
6. Add chili powder and coriander powder. Mix well and sauté for minutes on low heat
7. Add vegetables and soya. Mix well
8. Add 4 cup of water and mix well
9. Add rice and mix well
10. When water start to boil close the lid and let it cook for 3 whistles on medium flame
11. Once the pressure cooker settle down open the cooker and add remaining ghee do the mix
12. Serve the Veg&soya biryani with raitha

Pictorials:
Soya preparation

In a bowl add 3 cup of water and do boil. switch off the flame

Add soya into the boiled water let them leave till the soya get soften

Soya gets soften 

Drain and squeeze the water completely from soya

Furthermore rinse them in cold water 

Drain and squeeze the excess water from soya

Heat a cooker add 2 tblsp oil and 2 tblsp ghee. Then add cloves, cinnamon, cardamoms, bay leaf, fennel seeds and star anise, sauté for a minutes on low flame

When fennel seeds start to splitter add onion

Fry onion on low flame till turns golden brown

Add ginger garlic paste

 sauté it till the ginger & garlic raw smell disappear

Add mint leaves

Saute it for a minute

Add tomato

Fry it on low flame till gets mushy

Add chili powder and coriander powder

Mix well and sauté for minutes on low heat

Add vegetables and soya. Mix well

Add 4 cup of water and mix well

Add rice and mix well

Water start to boil

Close the lid and let it cook for 3 whistles on medium flame

Once the pressure cooker settle down open the cooker and add remaining ghee do the mix 

Serve the Veg biriyani with soya biryani with raitha

My notes:

1. Add 1:2 proportion of rice and water ratio. before start to cook, you should soak rice with water for 30 minutes
2. we should cook rice on medium flame otherwise it will get burnt