Delicious Soya Chunks Vegetable Rice ~ Healthy Lunch Recipe

by Lancy

Hello everyone!
Today, I am going to share with you all a very healthy lunch recipe which can be prepared within 15 minutes. Yes you heard it right - 15 minutes! This easy rice dish will be a boon for working moms and bachelors who stay at hostel. Kids who hate eating vegetables will finish a plate of this rice within minutes. This soya chunks rice recipe along with vegetables is not only healthy, but also very delicious. If you have elders at home, you can add cabbage instead of soya chunks as soy is full of protein and hard to digest.

I prepared this rice dish for my family members 2 days ago and they appreciated that this recipe is even tastier than restaurant made variety rices. Come lets check how to prepare it.

Ingredients Needed:

• A hand full of soya chunks
• A big carrot
• 10-15 Fresh beans
• 2 Big Onions
• Chilly powder
• Garam Masala
• Required Salt
• Coriander
• Cooked rice

Total Time Taken:

15 to 20 minutes

Serves: 

2 Adults or 3 kids

Preparation Method:

Step 1: Get the ingredients ready. I was very hungry while preparing this dish for lunch. Hence I grated both carrot and onion in mixer as bits (in low speed). Keep in mind, they shouldn't be grated too much at the same time or else the crunchy taste would be spoiled. If you have time, you can chop the onions thinly and grate carrot. You can chop beans instead of grating it as fried beans give a lovely taste to this rice recipe.

Step 2: Wash soya chunks in clean water to get rid of any dust. Boil 2 cups of water and add the soya washed  chunks to the boiling water. Switch off the stove and allow the soya chunks to get cooked softly for 2-3 minutes. Later, drain the water and squeeze the extra water from cooked soy balls. Grate it the same way in mixer. It will take less than one second. Believe me!

Step 3: At this time, you will have having the necessary ingredients ready. In a non stick pan add 3-4 teaspoons of oil and allow it to heat. Add the grated vegetables (including onion) and close the pan. Allow the vegetables to get cooked for 5 minutes. As they are grated thinly, they will get cooked soon.

Step 4: After five minutes, open the pan and add the grated soya chunks. Now raise the flame to medium and saute the veggie soya mixture. You will notice the soya chunks getting fried well. After sauteing everything for 5 minutes, add one teaspoon of chilly powder, required salt and a pinch of garam masala (optional)

Step 5: After adding the masala items, saute the vegetables and soya chunks in low flame for 2 minutes. This is the finals saute. Later, add boiled rice to the mixture and mix well.

Your mouth watering, protein rich, soya chunks vegetable rice recipe is all ready to fill your tummy! You can also add fried potatoes to this recipe if you wish. Serve hot with coriander on top (I didn't have coriander at home when I prepared this recipe so I used curry leaves instead) :P

Now enjoy the pictures!

I still have the taste of fried beans and soya chunks in my tongue.. Yumm..!!

P.S: If you are a working woman who wants to pack this rice recipe for your kid's/hjusband's lunch.. then wait. You can make it as a side dish for your morning breakfast - chapathi/poori/dosa with slight alteration. Instead of adding rice in the last step, add some tomato puree to the cooked mixture, close the pan and allow the gravy to cook for 5 minutes. So you prepared both your breakfast and lunch within just 30 minutes! Enjoy! :D

Do you cook healthy rice dishes at home or eat only restaurant ones?