സോയ ബിരിയാണി

Ingredients:

Basmathi rice                :  1 cup
Soya chunks                  : 6 pieces
Onion                            : 1 big
Chilli pdr                       : 1 tsp
Turmeric pdr                 : 2 pinches
Green chillies                : 2 nos
Tomato                          : 1 medium
Ginger                           : 1/4 " pc
Garlic                            : 2 cloves
Thick curd                     : 2 tbsp
Cinnamon                     : a small piece
Clove                            : 3 pcs
Bay leaf                        : 1
Coriander leaves          : 1/2 cup chopped
Oil or ghee as required
Salt to taste

Method:

Soak the soya chunks in warm water.
Chop onion. Crush ginger and garic together and keep aside.
Soak rice in water for 10 mins.
Heat 2 tbsp of ghee or oil in a thick bottomed vessel.  Fry the cinnamon, clove and bay leaf. Add the crushed ginger and garlic to this and saute till the raw smell goes. Then add the chopped onion to this and saute till the onion become translucent.  Remove from  the flame and add chilli pdr  and turmeric pdr to this. Put it back to fire and add chopped tomato and saute till it become soft.
 Drain and squeeze the soya chunks(if it is too big cut into 2 or 4 pieces) and saute for a while. Now add salt, curd and mix well. Drain the rice and add this, add one and a half cup of water and mix well. Transfer this to the rice cooker, cook till the water got absorbed. Finally garnish with coriander leaves.
If you are not using the rice cooker, after adding the rice add 2 cups of water and close the vessel and cook in a reduced flame till the water got absorbed.