Nowadays we all used to follow a diet chart to control our weight, pressure, diabetics, cholesterol ,so on. At that time we have to skip many dishes we love. Biriyani is one among them. For such persons here comes a wonderful biriyani recipe. Here we use broken wheat instead of rice and soy chunks instead of meat. Soy chunks are lovely meat analogue which are rich in nutrients than meat. Here we uses no oil or ghee. Hence it is a perfect Diet Biriyani.
INGREDIENTS FOR PREPARATION
- Broken wheat: 500 g
- Soya chunks: 2 cup
- Onion: 3
- Ginger(finely chopped): 2 tsp
- Cloves: 6(finely chopped)
- Curd: 1/2 cup
- Green chilly: 2
- Chilly powder: 1&1/2 tsp
- Turmeric powder: 3/4 tsp
- Bay leaf: 2
- Coriander leaves: 1/2 cup
- Mint leaves: 1/2 cup
- Cinnamon: 2 piece
- Cardamom: 6
- Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
- Pepper: 1 tsp
- Salt: to taste
METHOD OF PREPARATION
- Cook broken wheat with 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 2 bay leaves, 10 cups of water and salt.
- When it get cooked, drain the water and keep aside.
- Grind Cinnamon, cardamom, cumin and pepper into powder.
- Cook onion, ginger, garlic,(everything chopped finely),1/4 tsp turmeric powder and 1&1/2 tsp chilly powder with 1 cup of water and ground into paste.
- Soak soya chunks for 15-30 minutes.
- Cook soya chunks, ground onion paste, curd and salt in cooker for 2-3 whistles.
- Now take a thick-bottomed pan, Make a layer with half of the cooked wheat.
- Pour cooked soya chunks and with little gravy above it .
- Sprinkle half of ground masala powder, chopped coriander and mint leaves above it.
- Cover it with remaining wheat, sprinkle remaining masala powder , cook for 10 minutes in low flame by closing the lid tightly, No steam escape occurs.
- Open the lid only after 10 more minutes and mix the biriyani.
