Soya Chunks Fried Rice / Meal Maker Recipes

Meal maker Fried Rice

Ingredients

Soya Chunks – 20 nos ( I used tiny varieties around 1 cup )

Basmati rice cooked – 2 cups

Carrot small chopped finely – 1 no

Beans finely chopped – 4 nos

Spring onion – 5 stalks ( both green and whites chopped )

White pepper powder and Salt to taste

Ajinomoto – ¼ pinch

Oil – 2 tbsp + 1 tbsp

Ingredients to marinade soya chunks

Red chili powder – ½ tsp

Ginger and garlic paste – ½ tsp

Soy sauce – ½ tsp

Salt – less than ¼ tsp

Corn flour – 1 tsp

Water – 1 tsp ( optional)

Soya Chunks Fried Rice

Method

  1. Boil soya chunks in salted water, drain and squeeze excess water from soya chunks.

  2. In a bowl add the ingredients given under soya chunks marinade and mix to smooth paste. Add the cooked soya chunks to this paste and mix gently. Set aside for 5 mins.

  3. Boil basmati rice in salted water until its cooked and grains are firm. Spread the cooked rice on a large plate and allow it to cool.

  4. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan, add the marinated soya chunks and stir fry until they are slightly crisp. Remove the fried soya chunks to a plate.

  5. In the same pan heat 2 tbsp oil, add the chopped carrot, beans, spring onion whites and fried soya chunks, stir fry on high heat for a minute. Add the cooked rice to the pan, season with ajinomoto, required salt and white pepper, stir fry again for 2 minutes.

  6. Finally garnish with spring onion greens and mix well.

  7. Serve hot soya chunks fried rice with sidedish of your choice.

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