soya chunks curry

soya chunks contain a huge amount of protein. It is also a major substitute for meat in most of the vegetarian diets. All these days, i eat a lot of veggies and there is only a very minimum intake of meat in my diet. cooking meat for one person at home is a real boring task. So i decided to make soya curry. Soya chunks are very tasty when cooked along with curry powders. It becomes tender, juicy and fluffy when cooked in thick gravy.

Ingredients A, B & C

A) To fry in oil and grind

• Fennel seeds 1tsp
• cinnamon 1 inch
• chopped onion 2 nos medium size
• chopped tomatoes 2 nos small
• garlic 5 pods
• ginger 1 inch
• coriander powder 2tbsp
• Red chilli powder 1tbsp
• green chilli 1
• canola oil 3tbsp

B) To fry in oil and grind

• shredded coconut 3tbsp

for tempering and gravy

• soya chunks 1cup
• curry leaves few
• mustard 1tsp
• ingredients A & B
• salt to taste

Method

• put soya chunks in boiling water with salt for about 1o minutes. drain the water and set the soya chunks aside.
• heat 2tbsp of oil and saute ingredients 'A' in it and grind it in a mixer. keep this aside.
• heat 2 drops of oil and saute ingredient 'B' in it and just grind this into a fine thick paste with little water.
• heat oil in a kadai and saute mustards, curry leaves and ground masala paste.
• Add soya chunks into it. Add salt and 2 cups of water. allow the gravy to boil for 10minutes. Then add ground coconut paste to it and allow it to boil for another 5 minutes.
• When the gravy has reduced in quantity, put off the stove and serve it with rice or chapathi.