This is a very simple and easy side dish made with soya chunks (also known as soya nuggets or meal maker) and potatoes. It goes well with any flavored rice, rotis and other Indian breads. Today we will learn how to make soya chunks aloo gravy following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.
Soya Chunks Potato Gravy
Prep Time : 10 mins
Cook Time : 20 mins
Serves: 4
Recipe Category: Side Dish-Soya Nuggets
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Serves: 4
Recipe Category: Side Dish-Soya Nuggets
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Soya chunks/meal maker – 1 cup
Onion – 1 cup finely chopped or 2 big ones
Potato – 1 medium size
Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp
Tomato – 1 cup finely chopped or 3 big ones
Cream or curd – 1 tbsp
Salt as needed
Spice Powder
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder – 2 tsp
Cumin Powder – 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp
For the seasoning
Oil – 2-3 tbsp
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Whole black peppercorns – 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon – 1/2 inch piece
Cloves – 2
For Garnishing
Coriander leaves – finely chopped
Preparation
Bring water to boil with a little salt. When it starts boiling, add the soya chunks and cook on medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Turn off the heat and keep it covered for 15-20 minutes. Then drain the water and rinse it well twice to get rid of the soya smell. Squeeze out the excess water, cut it into 2 pieces and keep it aside.
Keep all the ingredients ready.
Method
Heat oil in a kadai or pressure cooker, add cumin seeds, whole black peppercorns, cinnamon and cloves.
When cumin seeds sizzle, add finely chopped onions and saute until it turns golden brown. Add salt to the onions to quicken the process.
Add ginger-garlic paste and saute for a few more minutes until the raw flavor of the paste goes.
Add tomato puree and all the spice powder mentioned under “spice powder” and salt needed.
Cook until the tomato mixture oozes out oil (you can see the color difference in the tomato puree before and after it is cooked in the picture above and below).
Add curd or cream (malai) to the tomato mixture (forgot to take picture) and cook for a further 3-4 minutes on low heat stirring from time to time.
Add the potatoes and the chopped soya nuggets and mix well.
Cook on low heat stirring from time to time, so that the soya chunks will absorb the masala well.
Then add a cup of water, mix well and test for salt. If required add at this stage.
Close the cooker and pressure cook for 2 or 3 whistles. Once the pressure subsides, open the cooker and simmer for 5 minutes. (if you do not have a cooker, cook covered on medium heat in any pan until the potato becomes tender.)
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with flavored rice like jeera pulao, ghee rice or rotis or any Indian breads.
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Are soya nuggets same as tofu here in the US?……….Paddy
They are different.
simple and very delicious
Very testy, delicious. Easy to prepare/ cook.
Very tasty and really loved it
Hi Padhu , I love your blog. I love your creativity, simplicity and style. I am following your site for more than three years. Ever since I got married and moved to Mumbai. I am so happy and grateful . My husband appreciates my cooking often. Thank u so much Padhu. Keep going. ��
What cream is it?
Regular milk cream/diary cream only
i used dairy free almond milk for the cream part as im a vegan i had no choice but it came out perfect
i used dairt free almond milk for this step as im a vegan i had no choice and it worked great. i made this for the entire family with brown rice and it was amazing. thank you
thank you for recipe I cooked it for my mom
Very tasty n easy to cook…
Thnk u soo muchh…
This was quick and easy…loved your recipe..
Don't you need to soak soya nuggets overnight ???
Not necessary.
I tried it! Yummy…thank u for making me a better cook
Wow…Sooo yummy…
Thank you, i tried this yesterday and it turned out really great.. loved it 🙂
Whether We can skip cream?
Yes, you can skip cream.It gives richness to the gravy.
Amazingly tasty
Superb… tasty… thanks for recipe. 🙂
looking so yummy.. ll surely try this..
thanks for sharing …
How to remove the smell from soya chunks?
Tips to remove smell from soya chunks
1. When boiling soya chunks in water, add a little milk to the water.
2. Rinse it well under running water and squeeze out the excess water.
Can we add other veggies?
You can add if you like but potatoes and soya chunks go well together.
Fantastic Ms.Padhu..
I always use your recipe and used to get excellent results.. Great..
i Love soya chikka, it is healthy as well as tasty that give us taste like chicken.
Tried it, pretty simple and tastes great. Added my twist by adding chicken soup cube, made it taste just like a non veg dish
Made this today and it was excellent. Thanks for the recipe. I substituted cream for almond cream and it tasted great.
I tried your recipe it's awesome we all enjoyed it thanks much for the yummy reciepe
Awesome recipe..thank you so much for this one pot gravy..easily made..and my daughter loved it!!!