Fix-m-Fast Lunch

Soya variety:

Fried Rice:

1) Biriyani rice wash and add salt  half n hour soak and then drain.

2) in an utensil, put ghee, elakka, gramboo n patta.. stir. Add rice and fry.

3) in another utensil, add water in double qty of rice and boil. After boiling, add this water in the rice.

4) add some lime juice n salt in this mixture.

5) after boiling, put the flame in sim till the rice is dry. Rice ready.

6) carrot beans & colored capsicum (optional) cut in same shape and fry in ghee. ( For non veg taste- you can fry soya chunks) (I sometime add a green chilly and little pepper powder when I feel like having it spicy,  Off the flame and add chopped spring onion and cellary to this fried veges. 

7) kismiss n cashew fry in ghee.

8) mix rice and all these fried items, layer by layer and mix thouroughly.

9) on top of the rice (for garnishing), add more nuts and savola thinly cut and fried.. 

10) coriander leaves can also be added on top.

Dal Rice

Add rice, dal, salt, curry leaves, potatoes, soya chunks, green chillies, turmeric, and to this water in the proportion of 1:3 and cook. For two whistles normal. But will depend on rice. Can add to this Jeera fried in ghee and cashews as well.

Soya Kebabs

Half cup channa dal – soak dal for 30 minutes,

One cup soya chunks – boil for 20 minutes – you will pressure cook later, but doing this will make it soft.

Drain water from soya.

While pressure cooking, put 2 spoon of ghee, dhal, bay leaves, red chilli, small onion, ginger , garlic, and for masala one big spoon jeera, eliche, pepper, haldhi powder, salt, and garam masala, and one cup of water – neither more or less – equal to quantity of soya chunks. 1 In high whistle, and 2 whistel in low flames.

Once pressure cooker becomes cool, mix all ingredients and fine grind in mixture, and chopped onions, dhanya pattha and green chilly. Mix all. Depending on water, to reduce moisture add bread crumbs, it will hold shape. In case there is no bread crumbs you can add rice powder, in case you want it dark colour add Kashmiri chilli or beetroot. To give shape add oil in hand.

Shallow fry each side for 3-4 minutes

For chutney, : Dhanya leaves, garlic, ginger, chilli, tomato, salt, and jeera – grind in mixture. That’s it. Can add pudina in case needed.

Soya chunks Biryani:

Missing Non-vegetarian? This would give a  little solace.

Soak soya in boiling water and rice in normal water, for around 30 minutes.  I took one cup. Chop and smash ginger, garlic and green chillies. Cut 3 onions. Drain water from Rice and soya. Squeeze Soya as water would have interned it's pores. Add salt, corriender powder and pepper, mix well and keep aside.

Add ghee to a kadai,  when hot add a little of masala i.e powdered clove, Jeera and pepper. If interested can include elaiche and other masala items if you have. Got it you have bay leaves. Fried rice in this. 

In the vessal making Biryani add ghee fry cashews, can keep aside few to garnish at last. Add ginger/garlic/ green chillies paste. Fry well. If you have, include little corriender leaf, pudina or Kasturi methi if required. Add chopped onions fry it till it turns light brown. Meanwhile add salt, turmeric, corriender powder, garam masala/biryani masala (optional), to this add soya chunks and cook for some time until all mix well. Parallels boil three glass water (based on the kind of rice used). 

When Soya is cooked and all mixed, add fried rice, mix all these together. Pour the boiled water, half lime and keep it closed for some time, checking occassionally. 

Once done and ready, garnish it with chopped onions fried in ghee and cashews. 

Other quick rice fixes are one pot meal of sambar rice, Avial rice and the famous lemon rice, curd rice, coconut rice and tamrind rice.