Soy chunks is called “soya meat” in Sri Lanka due to its texture and probably taste. Soya meat is normally used to make curries, cutlets etc. Since I am a vegetarian, I thought to make a pulav out of soya meat which is quite high in protein. To make a non veg pulav, you can replace soya meat with meat like chicken or goat.
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried soy chunks
- Hot water to soak soy chunks
- 1 cup shredded cabbage
- 1 medium carrot scraped
- ½ cup green beans chopped into ½ inch pieces
- 1 ½ tablespoons canola oil
- 1 strand curry leaves
- 4 – 5 cloves
- 2, ½ inch cinnamon pieces
- 2 – 3 whole cardamom
- About 10 – 12 cashews chopped
- 2 tablespoons raisins
- 1 tablespoon ghee/clarified butter
- 2 tablespoon vegetable pulav mix (I used the powdered one)
- 1 cup rice (uncooked)
Method
- Cook rice either in a rice cooker or stove top or pressure cooker and set aside
- Soak soy chunks in hot water for about 10 minutes
- Squeeze water.
- Add 1 tablespoon canola oil to skillet and fry soy chunks until they are crispy. Set aside
- To the same skillet add ½ tablespoon canola oil and add green beans and stir fry for about 5 minutes.
- Add cabbage and fry for another 5 minutes
- Add carrots, pulav mix and fry for another 3 – 4 minutes and set aside
- To the same skillet add ghee and add cloves, cinnamon, cardamom pods, cashew, raisins, curry leaves and fry for about 2 – 3 minutes
- Add cooked vegetables, cooked rice and mix well on very low flame
- Add salt to taste
