Soya Chunks Curry

If you have been following my posts, you would know how much I love Soya Chunks. In fact, I love them so much that I make them atleast three times in a week.

This curry is a very basic and simple recipe that I use for days when Im too tired or too lazy to cook (the latter if more often the culprit). No grinding of masalas, and no high funda ingredients, and it gets done in just under 20 minutes. You can add some vegetables of your choice or have it plain.


Recipe serves 2 people


Ingredients

3 cups Soya Chunks, boiled for about 5 minutes in water with salt
1 Onion, sliced
1 Potato, squared
1 Capsicum, squared
Any other vegetables of your choice
2 Tomatoes, chopped
1 Green Chilly, slit
1/2 tbsp Sombu/Saunf
1/2 tbsp Garlic, chopped
Curry Leaves, a handful
1/2 tbsp Salt
1/2 tbsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Chilly powder (for extra spice)
2 tbsp Cooking Oil


Method

1. In a pan, heat oil,
2. Add sombu/saunf.
3. Add the onion, green chilly, curry leaves.
4. After the onion turns pink, add chopped garlic and chopped tomatoes.
5. Cook for a while until tomatoes turn mushy.
6. Add the rest of the vegetables and saute for a second until it all mixes well.
7. Add 2 cups of water along with the squeezed out soya chunks.
8. Add salt, turmeric powder, and chilly powder as per your taste, and cook covered for 2 minutes.
9. The soya chunks would have absorbed the juices of the gravy.
10. Open cook the mixture until it dries up and the soya chunks become firm.
11. Serve hot.

Pictorial

Take your ingredients...

..and your veggies

In a pan, heat oil, and add sombu/saunf

Add onion, green chilly and curry leaves

Add chopped garlic

Add tomatoes

Add your chopped veggies

Add water and spices (salt, turmeric powder, chilly powder)

Add soya chunks

Cook covered for a while, then open cook until the mixture dries up.

Serve hot.