Soya chunks fry/Soya chunks sukka is the best alternative for chicken/meat dishes. The texture of soya chunks is similar to meat with considerable protein. In India, it is locally known as, meal maker. Soya chunk is a by-product of soybean oil. With soya chunks, we can cook any dishes that are made with meat like biryani, curry, gravy, fry,thokku(semi gravy), even Manchurian. This particular soya chunks recipe is my husband’s favorite. I usually make this soya chunks when I ran out of veggies/onion. Because a small quantity of onion is sufficient to prepare, the soya chunks fry.

We can serve the soya chunks fry as a starter, side dish for rice or chapati, snacks, or even as a meal.

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Ingredients:

2 cups soya chunks
1/4 cup of gingelly oil
2-large onion-sliced
1 – small tomato sliced
20-curry leaves
6 – large garlic cloves
1/4 tsp of urad dhal
1/4 tsp fennel seeds
2 – short dry red chili
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp of salt
6 – green chili-medium size-vertically cut
required water to boil the soya chunks

For marination:

boiled soya chunks
1 tsp red chili powder
1 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of coriander powder
1/4 cup of water
1/4 tsp of homemade garam masala

Procedure:

Step 1: Boil and clean the soya chunks:

1. Fill the large vessel with required water season the water with some salt. Add in the soya chunks to the water, mix well and bring the water to boil until the soya chunks double in size. 
2. Remove the doubled soya chunks to a bowl and discard the water.
3. Let the soya chunks cool. Then take 5 to 6 soya chunks at a time and squeeze out the water. Discard the collected water.
4. Once all the soya chunks were squeezed again, cover the soya chunks with normal water. Once gain, squeeze out the water from the soya chunks. Similarly, wash the soya chunks couple of times in normal water until the water squeezed is clear.

Step 2: Marination

1. In a bowl, add all the spice powder for marination. Then add in some water and mix well without any lumps.
2. Add in the cleaned soya chunks to the bowl and coat soya chunks with the spices.
3. Let the soya chunks marinate until the time arrives to use the soya chunks in the recipe.

Step 3: Soya chunks sukka/Soya chunks fry

1. In a wide bottom frying pan heat required oil and when the oil is nice and hot, fry the urad dhal, fennel seeds, mustard seeds and dry red chili for a second.
2. Add in the garlic cloves and, cook it until golden
3. Saute the onion and curry leaves until the onion becomes translucent. Season the onion with one tsp of salt.
4. Add the marinated soya chunks to the pan and mix well for 3 minutes.
5. Cover the pan with a lid and let it cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or so or until the raw smell of spices goes away. In between, mix the soya chunks.
6. Make sure the raw smell of spices is gone then, add in the green chili and mix well. Leave the pan open and let the soya chunks roast until each soya develops reddish-brown marks.
7. Keep an eye on the soya chunks and, once in a while, stir it to avoid scorching at the bottom. Adjust the heat as per the need.
8. When the soya chunks developed roast marks, turn off the stove and serve the soya chunks fry.  

Summary

Recipe Name

Soya chunks fry

Author

Swaana

Date

2019-10-21

Prep Time

20M

Cook Time

30M

Total Time

50M

Average rating

5 Based on 1 Review(s)