Soya Chunks Biryani

Source : Take Some Hot Water In A Bowl And Add Salt Take 1 Cup Of Soya Chunks And Soak It In The Hot Water For 15 Minutes Till They Soften And Keep Aside In A P...

PreTime

more Minutes

CookTime

a few Minutes

Yield

Some Servings

Sent by Deepika Patil Parekh

at : August 29, 2025

Step:

Take some Hot Water in a bowl and add salt. Take 1 Cup of Soya Chunks and Soak it in the hot water for 15 minutes till they soften and keep aside.
In a Pressure cooker,Add oil or ghee and once it's hot add all the whole spices,green chilli. Saute for 30 secs.
Add sliced onions,ginger-garlic paste. Saute for 2-3 minutes until they turn soft and light brown in color – stir regularly.
Add yoghurt /curd,turmeric powder,biryani powder, garam masala and give a quick stir.
Add soaked soya chunks(squeeze excess water) and cook for 1-2 minutes. Keep stirring else masala paste may get burnt.
Add washed Basmati Rice,water,salt and give a stir.
Cover the cooker with lid and cook for two whistles on medium flame.
After 10 mins Fluff up the rice gently. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Soya Biryani is ready.Serve with Papad and Raita or plain yoghurt.

Ingredients

1 cup basmati rice(long grain rice)
1 cup soya Chunks/granules I used nutrela brand,available in indian grocery store
1 large onion,thinly sliced
1 tablespoon minced ginger-garlic
2 Slit Green Chilli
1/4 cup Green Peas
1/4 cup Green Capsicum, diced
1 large tomato, finely chopped
1 teaspoon Biryani Masala Powder
1 teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
1/4 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
1/4 cup Mint leaves or (15-20 leaves)
2 tablespoon Yoghurt (curd) or non dairy yoghurt
2 tablespoon cooking oil or Ghee(clarified butter)
1.5 cups water
2 tablespoon cilantro (coriander leaves)
to taste salt,
Whole Spices
1 inch cinnamon stick
2 cloves
1 teaspoon cumin(Jeera Seeds)
2 cardamom
2 bay leaves