easy soya chunks kurma recipe | meal maker kurma curry | soya bean kurma
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: curry
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
for cooking soya chunks:
- 5 cups water
- 1½ cup soya chunks
- ½ tsp salt
for masala paste:
- ½ cup coconut (fresh/desiccated)
- 15 whole cashew / kaju
- 1 tsp putani / roasted gram dal
- 2 whole green chilli
- ½ tsp fennel / saunf
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 2 tsp poppy seeds / khus khus
- handful coriander leaves
- ½ cup water
for kurma:
- 3 tsp oil
- 1 tsp cumin / jeera
- 3 cloves / lavang
- 1 inch cinnamon / dalchini
- 2 pods cardamom / elachi
- 1 onion (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup tomato (finely chopped)
- ½ cup water
Method
- firstly, prepare masala paste by taking ½ cup coconut, 15 whole cashew, 1 tsp putani and 2 whole green chilli.
- also add ½ tsp fennel, 1 tsp coriander seeds, 2 tsp poppy seeds and handful coriander leaves.
- blend to a smooth paste adding ½ cup water or as required. keep aside.
- to prepare kurma, heat a kadai with 3 tsp oil and saute spices.
- also, saute 1 onion followed by 1 tsp ginger garlic paste.
- additionally, add 1 cup tomato, and saute till they turn soft and mushy.
- add squeezed soya and ½ tsp salt.
- saute for a minute or till soya combines well with the masala.
- now add the prepared masala paste and mix well.
- add ½ cup water or more adjusting consistency as required.
- cover and simmer for 10 minutes or till masala get cooked completely.
- finally, serve soya chunks kurma with rice or chapathi.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.