Soya chunks masala | Soya balls masala | How to make Meal Maker Masala | Meal Maker Recipes | North Indian Curries

Soya chunks or the meal maker are my kids favorite (even mine) and they love it when I do this Soya Chunks Fry. But this soya chunks masala I tasted in one of the Indian food court here and I liked the taste. So tried to my best to get the same taste. But I added fenugreek leaves to this masala, as I like to add in the North Indian Curries. I had it with Paneer Pulao as mentioned in my last post.

You can try some other soya chunks recipes below 

Soya chunks fry

Soya balls gravy

Soya chunks cutlet 

Soya Chunks Masala

Preparation time: 15 min | Cook Time: 20 min | Serves: 4

Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
Soya balls - 1 cup

Onion - 2

Tomato - 2

Ginger garlic paste - 1.5 tsp

Chilli powder - 1.5 tsp

Coriander - 1 tsp

Turmeric - a pinch

Fenugreek leaves - 1 tbsp

Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Yoghurt/curd - 2 tsp

Cream - 1 tbsp

( I substituted with milk - 3 tbsp )

Salt - as per taste

Coriander leaves for garnishing 

Spices

Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Star anise - 1
Cinnamon stick - 1 crushed
Cloves - few

Method

1. Soak the soya balls for 1/2 hour or as mentioned in the packet.

2. Squeeze the water completely and leave it to get dry for 10 min.

3. Chop the onions and tomato and grind to a smooth paste. In a pan add the oil and it is hot add the spicies and fry them for 30 sec. Do not make it black. Add the ginger garlic paste and sauté till the raw smell goes off.
4. Add the onion tomato paste and sauté it for 5 min atleast. Add some water if you want.
5. Add the chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric and salt. Mix and allow to boil for 2 min. Take the dry fenugreek leaves, crush in your hand and add it to the masala. 

6. Sauté them nicely till the oil starts oozing out. Add the yogurt at this stage.
7. When the gravy is thick, add the soya chunks and mix them well with the masala.
8. Add the cream or milk and garam masala and simmer and cook for another 5 min.
9. Garnish with coriander seeds and serve. You can pair it with any mild Pulaos or Roti or Naan.

Delicious Soya chunks Masals is ready.

Notes:

1. To make your gravy rich, you can grind and add the cashew paste when you add the cream. 

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Paneer Pulao | Easy Pulao Recipes | Indian Pulao Recipes | North Indian Recipes | Easy One Pot Meals

Though I am a Paneer lover, I have not posted much paneer recipes. This Paneer Pulao, I did long before and was in my draft. Paneer without any veggie also tastes great either in pulao or in any gravy when added. This is one such easy one pot meal, which can be prepared in a jiffy, if the paneer is readily available and tastes great.  You can try different paneer recipes here and have given some pulao recipes to try from my blog. 

Peas Pulao

Mushroom Pulao

Spicy tomato pulao

Sweet corn pulao

Babycorn Pulao  
Capsicum Pulao

Potato Pulao

How to make Paneer Pulao

Preparation time: 10 min | Cook Time: 18 min | Serves: 4

Recipe Category: Main | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
Basmathi rice - 2 cups
Paneer cubes - 1 cup
Green Peas - 1/4 cup (optional)
Onion - 1 (chopped nicely)
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
Green Chillies - 2 (slit into half - lengthwise)
Cumin seeds - 1/5 tsp
Cloves - 4
Cinnamon stick - 1
Cardomom - 1
Bay leaf - 1
Mint leaves - 1/4 cup (optional)
Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup (optional)
Water - 3 cups
Oil - 2 tbsp
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Cashews - few (optional)
Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method
1. Wash and Soak rice for 20 mts. While the rice is soaking, you can start preparing the following. In a Pressure cooker, add oil and fry all the spices mentioned above.

2. Add the onion and ginger garlic paste and fry till golden brown. Add in the green chillies too. Add coriander leaves and salt and saute well. (At this stage you can add the mint leaves too).

3. Add in the peas and fry for a min. Add the paneer cubes now and fry for a min again. (if you want, you can fry the paneer cubes separately in ghee and add now). 

4. Add the water and when it starts boiling, add the soaked rice. 

5. Close the lid and simmer for 10 mts. (cook in low flame) After 10 min, switch off the stove and when the pressure goes off, remove the weight and mix the pulao gently taking care not to break the rice. Add the ghee at this stage and close the cooker lid for 3 min.

6. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve the hot Paneer Pulao with Soya chunks masala.

Tasty and Easy Paneer Pulao is ready... 

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