Meal Maker Pulao

Hi Friends

Have you ever tried making pulao with meal maker? I am sure you would like to try. Meal maker otherwise called soya chunks is a high protein ingredient. It is good to incorporate it in the dishes when ever possible. Get a pack of soya chunks from the super market when you go shopping next time and they come handy when you are out of vegetables at home.

Let us now prepare Meal maker pulao.

Ingredients

• Meal maker balls                             10-15
• Pulao Rice                                       2 cups
• Pudina                                             one fistful chopped
• Coriander                                        one fistful chopped
• Onion                                              1 (sliced)
• Green Chillies                                  2-3 (chopped)
• Ginger                                             1 inch (chopped)
• Garlic                                              4-5 pods (chopped)
• Oil                                                   2-3 tbsp
• Salt                                                  according to taste
• Jeera                                               1/2 tbsp
• Sajeera                                            1/2 tbsp
• Cloves                                             3-4
• Elaichi                                              2-3
• Cinnamon                                        1 small piece
• Bay leaf                                           1 leaf

How to Prepare

1. Wash and soak pulao rice for 1 hr and then drain and keep aside.
2. Boil the Meal maker balls in hot water for 5 minutes and leave it in the water for half hour
3. Remove the meal maker balls from the water and sqeeze them and keep them aside
4. Take a wide pan, and add oil.
5. When the oil is heated, add jeera, sajeera, cloves, elaichi, cinnamon, bay leaf and let them fry for a minute.
6. Then add chopped garlic, chopped ginger, sliced onion, chopped green chillies, chopped pudina, chopped coriander one after the other and let them fry.
7. Then add the meal maker balls and required salt and let them fry for a while.
8. Now add water to the mixture (4 cups of water for 2 cups of rice) and let it boil.
9. Now add the drained rice to it and close the lid of the pan.
10. Keep it in high for 10 minutes and keep it on a low flame for another 10 minutes.
11. Check whether the rice is cooked and switch off the flame.
12. Mix it gently without breaking the rice.

Yummy Meal maker pulao is ready to eat. Serve hot.

My notes:

• Adjust the water according to the rice you are using.
• You can grind the chopped coriander, chopped pudina and chillies and add it.
• You can also add ghee instead of oil for a richer taste.