Chop 2 onions and deep fry them golden brown and keep aside.par boil the rice by adding star annies,cinnamon stick,black cardimom and bay leaves to the water and a spoon full of oil and salt.Strain the water and keep aside the rice after done.

Boil the soya chunks.Now Marinate the chunks into mixture of curd,ginger garlic paste,red chilli powder,coriander powder,turmericpowder and garam masala and salt.Now grind 1 onion,garlic and ginger with 1/2 spoon of cumin.Heat the oil in a wok and add bay leaf and the grounded paste and saute till brown.

Once the grounded masala is done add turmericpowder,salt,red chillie powder,coriander powder and garam masala and add chopped tomatoes and saute till tomatoes become tender.Add one chopped onion and saute.when done add marinated soya chunksand let it roast until oil oze out.

Now take a pot arrange one layer of rice at the bottom,then arrange a layer of soya chunks.Again arrange layer of rice and again soya chunks prepared.At the last arrange par boiled rice and on the top place some deep fried brown onion.Add colour in drops on top.Now lastly add kewra eccence or gulab jal.Now dam this biryani for 20 to 30 mnts on a very low flame.Enjoy it with raita.