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Raksha shares this tasty recipe with all of us. Thanks!

Ingredients:
A handful of soya chunks
1 cup basmati rice
4 cloves
2 inch cinnamon stick
1 star aniseed
2 whole cardamoms
Bay leaf
4-5 peppercorns
6-7 mint leaves
2 onions
6-7 garlic cloves
1/2 inch grated ginger
1 green chilly
1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
5-6 drops lemon juice
Salt to taste
Water to cook

How to make:

Cook a handful of soya chunks for 20 minutes in water with little salt. Alternatively, you could cook it in a cooker for 4-5 whistles. This makes them less chewy and lose their pungency.
Squeeze out the water from them after they cool down enough.

Wash and Soak basmati rice (1:1 3/4th ratio of rice and water) for atleast 20min.

In the meanwhile, Fry 4 cloves, 1 inch cinnamon, 1 star aniseed, 2 whole cardamoms, bay leaf, 4-5 peppercorns, 6-7 chopped pudina(mint leaves), 2 chopped onions, 1/2 inch grated ginger n 7-8 garlic and 1 green chilly in 2-3 tsp ghee, in a cooker pan. Add chopped soya chunks and fry. Add some chopped coriander leaves next and then the rice. Fry for 2-3 min. Use the soaked water to cook the rice. Add salt. Then, mix 5-6 drops of lemon juice to it. Cook for 2 whistles. Garnish with fried onions, cashews and chopped coriander leaves