Soya Chunks Fry is a chewy, tasty side dish made by cooking soya chunks with spices, tomato, coconut & onion. Meal Maker Fry also called as Soya Chunks Fry is good as an appetizer / starter, side dish for rice or as a filling for rolls. Soya Chunks Fry Recipe is explained in this post with step by step pictures.
I wanted to try soya chunks fry since I started trying out recipes with it but didn’t have a particular fry recipe for it. Few weeks back when we visited my periya athais(MIL) house at Thanjavur she prepared a great lunch for us with regular vada payasam meals……and this meal maker varuval caught my attention by the look of it and I at once asked her for the recipe.
She made it with the bigger variety of soya chunks and it tasted so good by itself that I was skeptical whether it was a sidedish or a starter , yes it was finger lickingly good.As soon as I reached here I tried it immediately else I might forget the recipe, symptoms of ageing you see.
Don’t have veggies at home then this is is just for you…I think this soya chunks fry goes well as a sidedish for both rice and chapathi. This can be called as a dry curry too but since she said its fry I have titled the same. I loved to have it like a wrap with soft phulkas, thats my on the go breakfast!
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📖 Recipe
Soya Chunks Fry | Meal Maker Fry
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup soya chunks
- 1 medium big onion finely chopped
- 1 medium tomato roughly chopped
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1/4 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp garam masala powder
- water as needed
- salt to taste
To Grind :
- 3 tbsp coconut
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
- 1/2 tsp whole pepper
- 1 green chilli optional
To Temper:
- 2 tsp + 1 tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp fennel seeds powder
- a sprig curry leaves
Instructions
- Boil water in a pan till it bubbles up rigorously.
- Switch off and add the soya chunks and let it aside for few mins for it to grow in size.
- Then rinse soya chunks in cold water at least twice to get rid of the raw smell. Drain water and Set aside.
- Grind the ingredients listed under ‘to grind’ to a coarse mixture without adding water, Keep aside.
- In a pan heat oil – add items listed under ‘to temper’ then add ginger garlic paste, onion, tomato and saute till tomatoes turn mushy and raw smell leaves.
- Then add the coconut mixture along with red chilli powder and garam masala powder and required salt.
- Saute for 2mins then add soya chunks and sprinkle little water for the gravy to blend well with the soya.
- Keep frying till it becomes dry and is reddish golden in color.
- Add oil if it sticks to the bottom of the pan.
- Serve hot or warm.
Notes
- I used my steel pan and it started sticking to the bottom of the pan so I had to add more oil(1 tbsp) but if you are using nonstick pan then you can reduce the oil.
- If you are using the bigger variety soya chunks then cut them into half and proceed with the steps mentioned above.
- While water boils you can add a tsp of milk and switch off then add soya chunks, adding milk gets rid of the raw smell easily.
Soya Chunks Fry Recipe Step by Step
- Boil water in a pan till it bubbles up rigorously.Switch off and add the soya chunks and let it aside for few mins for it to grow in size.
- Then rinse soya chunks in cold water atleast twice to get rid of the raw smell.Drain water and Set aside.Grind the ingredients listed under ‘to grind’ to a coarse mixture without adding water,Keep aside.
- In a pan heat oil – add items listed under ‘to temper’ then add ginger garlic paste, onion, tomato and saute till tomatoes turn mushy and raw smell leaves.Then add the coconut mixture along with red chilli powder and garam masala powder and required salt.
- Saute for 2mins then add soya chunks and sprinkle little water for the gravy to blend well with the soya.Keep frying till it becomes dry and is reddish golden in color.Add oil if it sticks to the bottom of the pan.
Serve hot or warm.
Expert Tips
- I used my steel pan and it started sticking to the bottom of the pan so I had to add more oil(1 tbsp) but if you are using nonstick pan then you can reduce the oil.
- If you are using the bigger variety soya chunks then cut them into half and proceed with the steps mentioned above.
- While water boils you can add a tsp of milk and switch off then add soya chunks, adding milk gets rid of the raw smell easily.
Soya Chunks Peas Curry Recipe
- Soya Chunks – 1 cup
- Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
- Onion – 1 finely chopped
- Boiled Peas – a handful
- Garam masala powder – 1/4 tsp
- Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
- Oil – 2 tsp
- Cinnamon – 1/4 inch piece
- Cloves – 2
- Tomato – 1
- Coconut – 3 tbsp
- Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
- Pressure cook soya chunks until soft – I left it for 2 whistles. Drain water and wash it in cold water twice or thrice.
- Dry roast coconut,tomato and fennel seeds. Saute until tomato turns mushy and raw smell leaves. Grind it to a semi dry mixture, do not add much water.
- Heat oil in a pan, add cinnamon,cloves let it splutter. Then add ginger garlic paste and onions saute till onions turn slightly browned. Now add garam masala powder, chilli powder,required salt and mix well.
- Now add the ground mixture and saute until nicely roasted and is browned. Now add pressure cooked soya chunks and mix well and fry for 3-4mins until the masalas are well blended with the chunks. Finally add peas give a quick stir and switch off.
- You can use the same recipe for butter beans / soya beans. Also can add any other favourite veggieof your choice for this curry.
- You can also add curry leaves while tempering.
- Instead of adding fennel seeds while grinding, you can also use it while tempering which gives a nice flavour too.
- You can also make this gravy kind by adding one more tomato and grinding the items with water.
Geethu Sathiyan
yumm…
traditionallymodernfood
Protein rich side dish:)
Leena Chandrashekar
protein rich dish..yum
Raks anand
Delicious, I always love soy chunks and chapathi as wraps
Sanjay Uchcharia
Thanks for the recipes. Just few days ago i was looking for this recipe. Now i got more here. 🙂
satya.cs
It was really tasty, i had tried last nite n came out soo good Thanks sharmilee
Lavi Raj
soy chunk is my favourite, like the simple masala part and the wrap pic tempts me a lot to try!
Niloufer Riyaz
a very healthy side dish!
Tarun Jindal
Very usefull for me..taste was very good.. Thank you.. 🙂 keep on publishing… ?
prabhjot kaur
Any substitute for coconut or can v skip it
SHARMILEE J
No substitutes