SOYABEAN MASALA CURRY
Ingredients
- soya bean - 1 cup
- bay leaf - 1
- fennel seeds - ½ teaspoon
- onion - 2
- tomato - 1 (big)
- green chili - 2 slit
- ginger garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
- turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
- red chili powder - 1 teaspoon
- coriander powder - 1½ teaspoon
- garam masala - 1 teaspoon
- salt - to taste
- coriander leaves - 1 tablespoon finely chopped
- oil - 2 tablespoons
- curry leaves – few
Preparation
- Wash the soya beans well and soak it in water for 8 - 9 hours or overnight.
- Then add the soaked soya beans to a pressure cooker along with 2 and ½ cups of water.
- Pressure cook on high flame for 1 whistle. Then reduce the flame to low and pressure cook for 20 - 2 5 minutes or until soya bean gets cooked well. Keep it aside. Wait till the pressure subsides.
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Add bay leaf and saute for a second. Add fennel seeds and let it sizzle.
- Then add chopped onion, slit green chili, curry leaves and saute on medium flame till it turns translucent.
- Then add ginger garlic paste and saute well till the raw smell goes off.
- Add finely chopped tomatoes and saute well till they turn mushy and oil starts separating on the sides of the pan.
- Add turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala and saute well till the raw smell goes off.
- Add cooked soya beans along with the water, mix well. Add another ½ cup of water, mix well.
- Bring it to a boil. Cover and cook on low flame for another 5 more minutes.
- Finally, garnish with chopped coriander leaves, mix well.
- Serve soya bean masala curry with chapati, roti or paratha.
(Uttarakhand Organic Commodity Board, 2013)