Soya Chunks Fry/Varuval - Dry Version

As soya chunks is a great source of protein I try to include in our diet atleast once in a week either in a one pot meal or kurma.
This version of fry is slightly dry version and usually I make it when I ran out of veggies to accompany with the seasoned dhal and rice or variety rice.
Here I used the mini chunks,if you are using the bigger chunks then cut into two and use it to get the flavors incorporate well.Lets move on to the recipe........................................

Soya Chunks Fry/Varuval

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time ~15 minutes

   Cooking time ~ 30 minutes

   Serves ~ 3(generously)

    


 Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Soya chunks/meal maker	1 cup
Onion(finely chopped)	1 (medium size)
Red chilly powder/milagai podi	3/4 tsp
Coriander powder/dhaniya podi	1 tsp
Turmeric powder/majal podi	1/4 tsp
Fennel seeds/sombu	1/4 tsp
Curry leaves/karivepillai	few leaves
Coriander leaves/kothamalli	for garnishing
Salt	11/4 tsp
Oil	2-3 tbs

   Grind to a fine paste

Ingredient	Quantity
Coconut (grated)	1/4 cup
Ginger/inji	1 inch
Garlic/poondu	2-3 cloves
Cloves/lavangam	2-3
Cinnamon/pattai	1 inch
Fennel/sombu	1/2 tsp
Tomato	1(small size)
Cashews/mundiri	2-3(optional)

  Method 

• Cook the soya chunks in the boiling water and rinse it in cold water couple of times,squeeze the excess water and set it aside.Grind the given ingredients to a fine paste with water needed.

• Heat a pan with  oil,crackle the fennel seeds, then add the chopped onion,saute it till transparent.Now add the ground paste and fry it for a minute.

• Then add the spice powders and salt.Mix it well and cook it for a minute.Add in the soya chunks and mix it well till everything blends well.

•  Rinse the mixie jar around a cup of water and add it.Cook it covered in a medium flame for 4-5 minutes.Remove the lid and cook it for another couple of minutes or till gets dried.

•  Finally add in the chopped coriander leaves and mix it well.Put off the flame.

Enjoy...........................................

• Here I used mini chunks,if you are using bigger one cut it into two after cooking in the water.

Posted in: Gravy/Side dish,Vegetable Poriyal/Fry