Soya Mushroom Briyani

Soya Mushroom Briyani

Ingredients:

1. Meal maker ( soya chunks) – 1 cup ( soaked and drained in hot water.
2. Button Mushroom – 1/2 cup sliced
3. Briyani Rice – 2 &1/2  cups ( washed and soaked for 20 mins)
4. Water – 1 and 1/2 cups for 1 cup of rice.
5. Capsicum – 1 sliced (optional)
6. Big Onion – 2 sliced
7. Tomato – 2 sliced
8. Green chillies – 3 sliced
9. Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
10. Spices – Cinnamon,cloves,saunf, bay leaves.
11. Turmeric powder – 1/2 TSP
12. Chilly powder – 1 TSP
13. Garam masala powder- 1/2 TSP
14. Curd – 1 cup
15. Coriander, mint and curry leaves chopped finely.
16. Lemon – 1/2
17. Oil and ghee as required.
18. Salt as required.

Method:

• Heat a pressure cooker, add oil and ghee. Add the spices and when they turn light brown add onions, Ginger garlic paste, coriander, mint and curry leaves and fry till soft.
• Add the tomatoes and saute it. Then add salt, turmeric, garam masala, chilly powder  and curd, fry well.
• Now add the soya, chopped mushroom and capsicum and saute well.
• Add water as per the measurement, add lemon juice, check the taste and leave it to boil.
• After the water boils, put the soaked and drained rice and close the cooker.
• Leave in high flame for 1 whistle and switch off.
• Open after 5 mins and serve hot with onion raita.