Veggie Kheema Rice!!!

My son loved Kheema. Mutton kheema. He would ask me, "Amma can I have a second serving? Amma, can you save it for dinner?" He would eat it three times a day if fed. Unexpectedly as half of our family has turned vegetarian recently, I need to be creative in cooking food that is sufficient in Protein and other nutrients. One of the first protein foods that grabbed my attention is Soy. I always loved soy chunks as a kid. I would think it was like chicken. Had a slight partition with it after marriage as S never liked it. Luckily, my sonny loves it and soy chunks found their way into my kitchen slowly.

Except cooking a curry with soy chunks, I didn't know many recipes. One day, I spotted Soy Granules in the Indian store. The cook in me wondered, what can I cook with them? Whatever it could be, I thought I will think about it later and stashed a couple of packs in my cart.

One lazy noon, I decided to experiment with them. So, all you need for your experiment are:

Basmathi rice or Sona Masoori - 2 cups cooked
Butter- a table spoon, Oil - a table spoon
Cardamom, Cinnamon, Bay leaf-5 gm each
Cashews - 1 tbsp
Onions-1 big, chopped into thin long slices
3-5 Green Chilies
Ginger Garlic paste-1 tbsp each
Soy granules - Half of the Nutrela Pack (Boiled, drained and squeeze the water out of it)
Salt-to taste
Garam Masala - 1tpsn
Soy Sauce

• Heat the pan. Add butter. After the butter melts, add oil. Yes. I use half butter, half oil. Just to reduce few calories. 
• Add Cardamom, Cinnamon, bay leaf. After they splutter, add cashews. Roast them till light golden brown.
• Add onions and slit green chilies. Roast them till onions become translucent.

• Add ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell leaves.
• Squeeze water completely out of the boiled granules. Add it to the onions. 

• Add salt. After few minutes add garam masala or just coriander powder if you want it mild. I add any powder that comes handy. Be it jeera or dhania doesn't matter. :)
• Fry it for few more minutes till you feel it is cooked. 
• Add cooked rice. Make sure there are no lumps. Mix the rice well.

• Sprinkle soy sauce if you want some Chinese flavor to it.
• At the end, sprinkle chopped coriander.

You could beat egg in a separate pan and add it to the soy granules. I normally don't add vegetables as I don't want it to taste like a veggie fried rice.

Pardon the poor quality of my pictures. This is not a cook blog. I randomly post my creations :) But, they are tested and tried. 

* Garam Masala - It is a fine powder made with roasted cloves, cinnamon and coriander seeds.
* Mutton - Goat meat
* Kheema - Ground meat