Soya Drumstick Kadhi

Hmm. Soya - A much used meat substitute in the North India, and Drumstick/Murungakkai - a much used Sambar vegetable in the South. Well, I married the two and the result is a lip-smacking kadhi or yogurt curry.

Well, my intention wasnt to get the two together, but I wanted to have kadhi, eat soya chunks, and also use up the lone drumstick that was slowly fading away into old age. So, I decided to make a kadhi with these two, and the result surprised me. Really!


Recipe serves 2 people.

Ingredients

1 cup Soya Chunks, boiled for about 5 minutes in water with salt
1 Drumstick/Murungakkai, chopped
2 cups Sour Yogurt
1 tbsp Bengal Gram Flour/Besan/Kadalai Maavu
2 Onions, sliced thin
1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds/Jeera/Jeeagam
2 tbsp Coriander Seed Powder/Dhania powder/Malli podi
Chilli Powder - per taste
Salt - per taste
A Pinch of Turmeric powder
2 tsp of Cooking Oil


Method

1. Mix the gram flour with yogurt and beat well until they blend well. The resulting mixture should resemble a thin dosa batter.
2. In a saucepan, heat oil, add cumin seeds, and let them splutter.
3. Add the onions and saute well till they turn translucent.
4. Add chopped drumstick and soya chunks.
5. Add salt, coriander seeds powder, and turmeric powder, and saute well for about 2 minutes on medium flame.
6. Add the yogurt mixture and mix well.
7. Cook on high for 5 minutes and switch off flame.
8. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Pictorial

Whisk yogurt well until smooth and creamy

Add the gram flour

Whisk well into the yogurt until smooth and lump free

Keep your ingredients ready

In a kadhai, heat oil, and add cumin seeds

Add sliced onions and saute well

Add chopped drumsticks and boiled and squeezed soya chunks

Add salt

Add coriander powder, turmeric powder and chilly powder

Pour in the prepared yogurt mixture. Mix well, and boil for 2-3 minutes.

Add chopped coriander leaves for garnish and yummy kadhi is ready!

Enjoy!

Soya Chunks Curry / Biriyani

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I love Soya. What's not to love about it? It absorbs the flavours of the dish and is super easy to cook. This Soya Chunks Biriyani is my comfort food  when I'm in the mood for a wholesome meal, yet don't have the time to cook up one or just plain lazy :-D.

Whatever. I love this dish and its amazing flavours. Go on. Check this out!

Recipe serves 2 people.

Ingredients

1 big Onion, sliced
1 and 1/2 Tomatoes ( I used the less tangy ones locally known as Bangalore Tomatoes)
1 Green Chilly, slit lengthwise
Curry Leaves, a few
1 tbsp Ginger-Garlic paste
1 tsp Fennel Seeds/Sombu/Saunf
2 cups of Mixed Vegetables (I used 3 Flat Beans, and 1 Long Carrot)
1 cup of Soya Chunks
Chilly Powder - as per taste
Salt - as per taste
Turmeric Powder - a pinch
1 tbsp Cooking Oil
1 glass Rice (washed)


Method

1. In a pressure cooker, heat oil, and add the fennel seeds.
2. After the fennel seeds sizzle, add onions, green chillies, and curry leaves and saute well.
3. When the onions begin to brown, add tomatoes and ginger-garlic paste.
4. Let the mixture cook for a while until the tomatoes turn mushy.
5. Add the turmeric and chilly powders with salt as per taste.
6. Add the veggies and soya chunks and mix well.
7. Add the washed rice, and 2 and 1/2 glasses of water.
8. Close and let the pressure cooker run for 4 whistles, and switch it off.

Tips: 

1. If you just want a curry, stop after Step 6 and cook till veggies are done.
2. This curry/biryani tastes best when hot and spicy.
3. Adding a bit of ghee enhances the taste of this dish.

Pictorial

Take your ingredients

In a pressure cooker, heat oil, and add fennel seeds

Add onions, green chillies, and curry leaves and saute well

Add tomatoes and ginger-garlic paste

Add the spice powders and salt

Add veggies and soya chunks

Add the washed rice

Add water and pressure cook for 4 whistles

Delicious Biriyani is now ready.