Coconut Milk Pulao with Soya fry

Name: Coconut Milk Pulao with Soya fry
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For the Pulao:-; 1 cup basmati rice soaked for 10 mins; 1/2 cup carrots chopped; 1/2 cup green beans chopped; 1/2 cup potatoes chopped; 5 green chillies split vertically; 1 tsp ginger garlic paste; 1/2 cup onions chopped; handful Coriander chopped; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1 cup grated coconut; as required Water; as required Oil; 1 bay leaf; 3 cinnamon sticks; 4 cloves; 3 cardamoms; 2 star anise; to taste Salt; 1 cup soya chunks soaked for 30 mins; 1/2 cup tomato purée; 2 green chillies paste; 1/3 cup onions chopped fine; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste; 1/4 tsp garam masala; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp coriander powder; 1 tsp Coriander to garnish; as required Oil

Supraja Nagarathinam @cook_13583444

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

#gharkakhana
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This thali is a simple but hearty one that I make when I’m out of time or working on weekends. It’s so flavourful and soothing that I call it my Saturday comfort meal. Do try this recipe!
Happy Cooking!

Supraja Nagarathinam @cook_13583444

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Ingredients

30-40 mins

3 servings

For the Pulao:-
1 cupbasmati rice soaked for 10 mins
1/2 cupcarrots chopped
1/2 cupgreen beans chopped
1/2 cuppotatoes chopped
5green chillies split vertically
1 tspginger garlic paste
1/2 cuponions chopped
handfulCoriander chopped
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1 cupgrated coconut
as requiredWater
as requiredOil
1bay leaf
3cinnamon sticks
4cloves
3cardamoms
2star anise
to tasteSalt
Soya fry
1 cupsoya chunks soaked for 30 mins
1/2 cuptomato purée
2green chillies paste
1/3 cuponions chopped fine
1 tspmustard seeds
1/2 tspginger garlic paste
1/4 tspgaram masala
1 tspred chilli powder
1/2 tspcoriander powder
1 tspCoriander to garnish
as requiredOil
as requiredWater
to tasteSalt
as requiredPepper

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Steps

30-40 mins

1

For the Pulao first. In a cooker, pour some oil and fry the bay leaf, cinnamon stick, star anise, cardamoms and cloves till it sputters.
2

Next add the ginger garlic paste and green chillies. Fry till it releases aroma.
3

Add the onions and fry till it becomes translucent. Cover and cook for 2 mins on medium high flame until all the contents become mushy.
4

Now add the carrots, beans and potatoes. Add all the spice powders as in ingredients. Cover and cook on low to medium flame till the veggies are half cooked. Don’t mash them too much.
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Add the pre soaked basmati rice to cooker. Add 1/2 cup water. Cover and cook for 2 whistles or until rice is al dente and not too mashed.
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In a bowl of water boil the grated coconut till it turns milky and aromat. Remove from flame and drain In a container. Pour this freshly made coconut milk with the rice in the cooker. Mix gently without breaking rice.
7

You can garnish with coriander leaves and fried onions (optional).
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Next to make the soya fry. In a pan with oil, add mustard seeds fry till they pop.
9

Add ginger garlic paste and red chilli paste and fry till aromat. Then add the onions and fry till it browns.
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Then add the tomato purée along with the other spice powders. Add a little water. Cover lid and cook till soya becomes soft and raw smell of chilli powder leaves.
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Garnish with coriander. Serve hot coconut milk Pulao with soya fry, onion raita and chakli or pappad.