Soyabeans - A very rich source of protein and it's a blessing to vegetarians . it's a surprise that many cornersof the world don't know much about soyabean chunks . When I was young I remember having masala soyabean as a delicacy few times in a month and woud love it for what it tastes like. For me it was vegetarian chicken and now when I think about it it's so relatable -it tastes like chicken and also it's rich in protein as chicken .
So here is my mom's recipe for Masala Soyabeans (serves 2), best served with hot chapatti or Paratha/
*Medium spicy/ Dry to semi dry gravy
Cooking time -30min / Prep time 40 min
Ingredients
Soyabean chunks -1 cup
Onion - 1 medium finely chopped
Ginger paste - 1 tblsp
Garlic paste - 1 tblsp
cumin powder - 1tspn
coriander powder - 2 tspn
Garam masala - 1 tspn
Turmeric - 1 tspn
Greek yogurt - 1/4 cup
bayleaf- 1
Green cardamom- 2
Cloves-4
Cinnamon-1 stick
Oil- 4 teaspoon
Coriander leaves - for garnish
Salt - to taste
Green chillies - 2 (optional)
Step 1
Soak Soyabean in warm water and keep aside for 20 min
After 20 min strain the water and squeeze out all the water from the soyabean chunks
Step 2
Turn on the gas , in a pan add 2 tbspn of Oil and after few seconds add drained soyabean chunks and saute for 5 min until nicely fried (this will make sure elimination of raw flavor and smell) and keep it aside .
Step 3
Now to make the gravy, heat the remaining oil in the pan, now add bayleaf, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon. After 1 min add finely chopped onion and sprinkle some salt .
Fry the onion until it starts turning brown.
Now add ginger and garlic paste and 1/4 cup of water so that it does not stick to the bottom. now add all the powders cumin, turmeric and coriander and copped chillies, keep garam masala for later .
keep stirring and once the oil starts separating , lower the flame and leave for another 2 min .
Now add greek yougurt while stirring and cook for another5 min.
Now add greek yogurt while stirring and cook for another 5 min. in slow flame for another 5 min. Switch off and garnish with coriander leaves .
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