Vegetarian Soya Keema Curry

When I saw Nupur's post on Soya Its Not Keema Curry, I knew I wanted to try it out for the sheer beauty of spices and soya chunks meshing together. Worked well for me as I wanted to finish few things from pantry and they were all part of the specified recipe. I made few changes to suit our flavour and taste buds, added lot of Coriander leaves in minced form to add the extra fresh aroma. Worked wonders and we both loved it! Thanks Nupur and Kanchan - both for the original version and adapted version which was so healthy and tasty.

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 15-20 minutes

Recipe Source: Adapted from One Hot Stove's - Its not Keema recipe with original recipe from Kanchan's Mom's recipe: courtesy Kitchen Gossip

Ingredients:

Soya Chunks (boiled) - 4 cups

Onions (minced) - 1 and 1/2 cup

Coriander leaves (minced) - 1/2 cup

Ginger - Garlic paste - 1 tablespoon

Chilli paste - 1 teaspoon

Tomatoes (minced) - 1 cup

Garam Masala - 1 tablespoon

Turmeric powder - 1/3 teaspoon

Red Chilli powder - 1/3 teaspoon

Oil/Ghee

Salt

For the spice powder -

Coconut powder (dry) - 3-4 tablespoon

Cloves - 2

Cinnamon - 1" stick

Dry Coconut powder - 3 tablespoon

Coriander seeds - 2 tablespoon

Poppy seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

Whole Black Peppercorns - 1/2 teaspoon

Cardamom pods (optional) - 1

Garnish: Chopped Coriander leaves - few strands

Method:

Wash the Soya chunks in water thoroughly and soak in warm water with 2-3 changes to clean them evenly. Keep aside. Grind all the items in spice powder to a dry powder, hence do not add water.

In a deep thick bottomed pan, heat few teaspoon of oil/ghee, saute Onions and Tomatoes till they are mushy. Once they are cooked, add the spice powder and gently stir for few minutes. Add the ground ginger-garlic paste and minced Coriander leaves as well the chilli paste, add Turmeric powder and Red Chilli powder. Mix to a good consistency and do not lot of water, add water only if you want a semi-liquid consistency. Bring to boil and simmer on low flame for 5-8 minutes or until completely cooked. Garnish with Coriander leaves and serve hot with bread of choice.