About The Recipe:

Brown Rice Brinji | Biryani With Soya Chunks And Mixed Vegetables in a easy pressure cooking method - Healthy as well as tasty. The Brown rice is rich in fiber, vitamins and minerals, as compared to normal rice. Soya chunks are rich in protein, as compared to milk and meat. Also mixed vegetables are used. Follow the recipe with easy step by step instructions, images and video.

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Recipe : Brown Rice Brinji With Soya Chunks And Mixed Vegetables | Pressure Cooking Method Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook time: 30 minutes Recipe Cuisine: Indian Recipe Category: Lunch, Dinner Serves: 3 persons

Ingredients :

Brown Basmathi Rice - 1 and 1\2 cup

Soya Chunks - 1\2 cup

Ghee - 2 tbsp

Oil - 1 tbsp

Cinnamon Stick - 2" long

Maratti Moggu - 2 nos

Black Cardamom - 2 nos

Bay Leaves - 2 nos

Sha Jeera - 1 tsp

Onion - 1 no (sliced)

Curry Leaves - 2 stk

Crushed Ginger Garlic - 1 tbsp

Tomato - 2 nos (chopped, medium size)

Green Chilies - 3 nos

Red Chili Powder - 1 tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1\4 tsp

Salt - as required

Curd - 1 cup

Carrot - 3\4 cup  (1" cut)

Potato - 3\4 cup (1" cut)

Dried Peas - 3\4 cup (soaked overnight)

Mint Leaves - 1\2 cup (chopped)

Coriander Leaves - 1\2 cup (chopped)

Method :

Wash and soak the brown basmathi rice for about 30mins. Drain the water and keep aside.

Soak the soya chunks in hot water for about 15mins. Squeeze out the water and keep aside.

To make the brinji, heat the ghee and oil in a pressure cooker pan. Add the cinnamon stick, maratti moggu, black cardamom, bay leaves and sha jeera. Stir well. Add the onion and curry leaves. Saute until the onion turns translucent. Add the crushed ginger garlic, saute until its raw smell leaves. add the tomato and green chilies, saute until the tomato turns soft. Add the red chili powder, turmeric powder and required salt. Stir few seconds. Add the curd, mix and bring to boil. Add the carrot, potato, soaked peas and soy chunks. Mix well. Add the mint leaves and coriander leaves. Mix well. Add the basmathi rice and add two cups of water, mix well and bring to boil.

Cover the pressure cooker pan. Cook for one whistle over high flame and three minutes over simmer. When all the steam has released, open the pan. Mix gently and serve hot.

Notes: For brown basmathi rice, we need to add extra water. ie., for 1 cup rice, have to use 2 cups of water. Similarly, for 1 and 1\2 cup of rice, I added 1 cup curd and 2 cups of water (totally 3 cups).  Always open the pressure cooker pan, after the steam released. (I don't know, Y brown basmathi rice turned fatty after cooked !)

Step By Step Images:

Preparations, wash and soak the brown basmathi rice for about 30mins in a bowl. Drain the water and keep aside. Soak the soya chunks in hot water for about 15mins.

It turns soft. Squeeze out the water (this helps to absorb the masala well) and keep aside.

To make the brinji, heat the ghee and oil in a pressure cooker pan. Add the cinnamon stick, maratti moggu, black cardamom, bay leaves and sha jeera. Stir well. Then add the onion and curry leaves. Saute until the onion turns translucent.

Add the crushed ginger garlic, saute until its raw smell leaves. add the tomato and green chilies, saute until the tomato turns soft.

Add the red chili powder, turmeric powder and required salt. Stir few seconds. Add the curd.

Mix and bring to boil. Add the carrot, potato, soaked peas and soy chunks. Mix altogether.

Add the mint leaves and coriander leaves. Mix well. Add the brown basmathi rice.

And two cups of water, mix well and bring to boil. Cover the pressure cooker pan. Cook for one whistle over high flame and three minutes over simmer.

When all the steam has released, open the pan. Mix gently and serve hot.

Serving Suggestion: Serve with onion raita, mushroom fry and baby potato fry. Page: Collection Of Veg Rice Recipes. Variation: Similarly you can also try millets, normal basmathi rice. If you like this recipe: You will like this mushroom brinji recipe also. Did you make this recipe? Please let me know how it turned out for you! Leave a comment below and share on Facebook

By Kalais