Soya & Butter Beans Pulao With Coriander & Mint Stalks

in , on Friday, March 16, 2012

Summer vacation is approaching really faster, we will be leaving for few days to South France to enjoy the hot sun,am so happy that i'll be leaving soon for 15days of relax, no cooking and washing etc during those days..We guys are very much excited and i terribly need some vacation....I saw recently at Kiran's Mint & Cilantro Stalks Pulao, i got hooked to this beautiful dish, where she used the mint and coriander stalks instead of their leaves, truly unique na..Sometimes i wont throw the coriander leaves and i used make dals or i'll add while grinding masala for kurmas, but never used mint stalks while cooking, i really want to give a try to her pulao with stalks..Instead of making just simply with rice and grounded masala with stalks, i cooked few soya chunks and used some butter beans to give more taste to my pulao, thanks to Kiran for sharing this beautiful pulao, we guys enjoyed a lot with raita for our sterday lunch..

Soya & Butter Beans Pulao

2cups Basmati rice
3cups Coconut milk
1no Onion (big & chopped)
1cup Soya chunks
1cup Butter beans (soaked &pressure cooked)
1no Whole spices (bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon stick& cardamom)
Oil
Salt

To Grind:
1/2cup Mint stalks (chopped)
1/4cup Coriander stalks (chopped)
1no Green chillies
2nos Dry red chillies
5nos Garlic cloves
1inch Ginger pieces (chopped)
2tbsp Coconut
1/2tsp Garam masala powder
5nos Peppercorns

Grind all the ingredients together as fine paste given in the list 'To grind', cook the soya chunks with enough water and salt, once they doubled their volume, drain the excess of water and keep aside..Soak the rice and fry it in a pan with few drops of oil, until they get a shiny texture, keep aside...Meanwhile heat enough oil in a pressure cooker, fry the whole spices, add immediately the chopped onions and saute until the onions turns trasnculent, now add the already cooked soya chunks,butter beans and saute for few seconds, immediately add the grounded paste and cook everything in simmer until the oil gets separates..

Now add the coconut milk and bring to boil..add the rice and salt, cook everything in pressure cooker with lid closed, cook in simmer for few minutes until the rice get cooked...put off the stove..Serve immediately with any sort of raitas..

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