Easy Soya Curry

Looking at the ingredient list you may think that this curry preparation will stretch for ages, but believe me, this is a very easy recipe. You just have to grind everything and pressure cook it. Sounds easy, isn't it. It comes handy when you run out of stock of veggies and want to do a quick side dish for chapathi / roti. Soya chunks are rich in protein too. So a quick, healthy, tasty and easy curry for you to try :-)

Soya Curry

Ingredients :


Soya chunks - 30 nos
Onion - 3 medium nos
Tomato - 3 medium nos
Garlic - 4 pods
Ginger - 1 small piece
Hing - a pinch
Pepper - 1 spn
Cumin - 1 spn
Coriander - 1 spn
Red chillies - 2 nos
Mustard - 1/4 spn
Curry leaves - few
Turmeric powder - 1/4 spn
Garam Masala - 1/2 spn
oil - 2 tspn
Water - 1 cup
salt - to taste

Method :

Soak the soya chunks in hot water for 15 minutes. Then wash with cold water for 2/3 times.
Squeeze the soyachunks thoroughly and cut into halves.

Fine chop the onions, tomatoes, ginger and garlic.

Heat 1 tspn oil in a pan, add the red chillies, coriander seeds, pepper, hing and cumin seeds. Now add onions, ginger, garlic and saute till the onions turn brown. Add tomatoes and saute till slightly mushy. Cool this mixture and grind into a fine paste.

In a pressure cooker heat the rest of the oil and add mustard seeds. Once they splutter add the curry leaves and fry. Now add the ground paste, turmeric powder, garam masala, salt and saute for few minutes. Now add water and soyachunks, close the cooker and cook for one whistle.

Once the pressure is released, transfer to serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.