Cabbage Soya Pulav

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Ingredients:
1 cup - raw rice or basmati rice
3/4 cup - cabbage
10 to 15 - soya chunks
1 - big onion, sliced
1 - tomato, chopped finely
1/2 bunch - coriander, finely chopped
1/2 tsp - ginger, crushed
2 cloves - garlic, crushed
red chilli powder, to taste
1/2 tsp - turmeric powder
1/2 tsp - garam masala powder
salt according to taste
oil or ghee for cooking [/FONT][/SIZE]For seasoning:
1 small - cinamon stick
4 - cloves
2 - bay leaves
Method

1. Cook the rice with 2 cups of water, keep it in a seperate bowl to cool.
2. Boil water in a seperate bowl, add soya chunks when the water boils.
3. Remove soya chunks once it becomes soft and gets to twice its size. Drain the soya chunks from the water and chop into 2 or 4 slices.
4. Keep the sliced soya in a seperate bowl.
5. Heat oil in a thick bottommed vessel, add cinamon, cloves and bay leaves.
6. Add sliced onions, fry until it gets golden brown in colour and then add ginger garlic paste and fry well.
7. Add tomatoes and fry nicely until it gets cooked well.
8. Add finely chopped cabbage at this stage and fry for 5-6 minutes.
9. Add chopped coriander, fry well.
10. Add salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder and fry well until the raw smell goes.
11. Add chopped soya chunks, mix it up well as it gets coated with all masala and spices.
12. Sprinkle some water over the masala and close it with a lid for 1 minute so that the soya chunks get soaked with the spices.
13. Add the cooked rice and close the lid for 1 or 2 minutes.
14. Stir carefully then and there to avoid burning.
15. Serve it hot with cucumber raita.
16. If you wish, garnish with fried cashews.