Soya Chunks and Vegetable Biriyani

Here is the 100th :). It's veg, yet tastes like non veg. Tasty yet fit for the diet conscious..Isn't this the apt choice for the 100th?

Ingredients (Serve 2 to 3 People)

Basmati / Biriyani Rice: 500gms
Chopped Carrots: 1/2 Cup
Chopped Beans: 1/2 Cup
Green Peas: 1/2 Cup
Soya Chunks: 1 Cup
Bread slices: 3 - 4
Ginger : 25gm
Garlic : 25gm
Green Chillies : 50gm
Coriander Leaves : 50gm
Mint Leaves : 25gm

Tomato : 2 nos
Onion  : 4 nos (includes 1 for garnishing)
Cashew : as necessary
Raisins : as necessary
Cloves : 5 nos
Cardamom: 3 nos
Cinnamon :  2 nos
Curry Leaves : as necessary
Ghee : 6 table spoon (3+3)

Oil : 3 table spoon
Salt : to taste
Turmeric powder : 1 pinch
Chilli powder : 1/ 4 table spoon
Garam masala : 1/4 tea spoon
Lemon : 2 nos

Cooking Time : 40 Minutes

Method:
Soak soya chunks in water and keep aside
Crush ginger, garlic, green chillies, coriander leaves and mint leaves.
Chop onion and  tomato.
To a pan add little oil and saute 2 onions till it cooks
To this add crushed ginger, garlic and green chilly and saute for 2 to 3 minutes
Now add chopped carrots, beans and green peas and salt
Squeeze water from the soya chunks and add it too
Saute the mixture for around 3 to 5 minutes
Then add the required water and cook the mixture well.
Now add crushed coriander leaves and mint leaves and give a good stir and switch off the flame

Wash the rice.
To a pan add 3 table spoons of ghee and 3 table spoons of oil.Add cardamom, cloves and cinnamon to it
Now add rice and fry the rice till it starts to pop.
Take double ratio of water to rice.That is, for 1 glass of rice, 2 glass of water.
Boil water and pour it to rice
Add a pinch of turmeric, garam masala powder, salt to taste and squeeze a lemon.
Stir well and cook rice in low flame.
Once the rice cooks well add the veg masala  and mix well
Close the lid and keep in low flame for another 5 to 10 more minutes
Serve hot

To garnish :
Fry 1 onion , cashew and raisins
Chop the bread slices into cubes and fry in oil till golden brown
Dice few coriander  leaves.
Add little lime juice

Note

If you want to reduce the amount of oil / ghee you can pressure cook the rice and then mix the vegetable masala
But make sure that the rice does not over cook and become mushy