Soya Kofta Curry Recipe – Restaurant Style at Home

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups soy chunks (nuggets)
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/4 cup chopped coriander (dhania)
• 10 to 12 garlic (lehsun) cloves
• 1 tsp chopped ginger (adrak)
• 2 tsp chopped green chillies
• salt (namak) to taste
• 1/2 tsp haldi powder (turmeric powder)
• 1/4 tsp garam masala
• 1/4 cup besan (gram flour)
• oil for frying
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped tomato
• 10 to 12 garlic (lehsun) cloves
• 1 tsp chopped ginger (adrak)
• 1/4 cup dhaniya (coriander)
• 1/2 tsp haldi powder (turmeric powder)
• 1/2 tbsp red chilli powder
• 2 tsp coriander-cumin seeds (dhania-jeera) powder
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• 1/2 tbsp kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
• salt (namak) to taste
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
• 1 whole dry Kashmiri red chilli,broken into pieces
• 1 dalchini (cinnamon) stick
• 1 black cardamom (badi elaichi)
• 2 tbsp fresh cream

Steps

1. To make soya kofta curry recipe, boil enough water in a deep pan, add salt and soya chunks to it.
2. Cook the soya chunks on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes. Drain well.
3. Transfer the soaked soya chunks in a mixer jar along with the remaining kofta ingredients.
4. Blend the mixture into a smooth paste and then remove the mixture in a deep bowl.
5. Divide and roll each portion into oblong kofta and keep aside.
6. Heat oil in a deep pan and drop a few koftas at a time. Deep fry the koftas on a medium flame until light golden brown in colour from all the sides.
7. Drain them on absorbent paper and keep aside.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 to deep fry the remaining koftas.
9. Heat oil in a deep pan, add cumin seeds, kashmiri dry red chillies, cinnamon stick and black cardamom. Sauté for a few seconds.
10. Add the prepared masala paste and a little salt to taste. Cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
11. Add the deep fried koftas, 1 cup of water and gently mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes.
12. Add fresh cream and mix well. Serve soya kofta curry hot.