Ingredients:
• 3 cups – soya chunks
• 3 big – Potatoes (peeled, boiled and mashed)
• 1 cup – carrot, chopped
• 1 cup – beans, chopped
• 1 cup – Green peas
• 1 medium size – onion, chopped fine
• 1 medium – Tomato
• 5 pods – Garlic
• 1/2 inch – Ginger
• 1 tbsp – chilli powder
• 1 tbsp – Garam Masala
• 1 tbsp – Lemon juice
• 1.5 cups – water for microwaving the veggies+ 2.5 cups more
• 1/2 tbsp – oil
• Salt – to taste
• 2 handfuls – coriander leaves, finely chopped
Method:
- Boil the potatoes, cool and mash it.
- Chop the vegetables.
- Boil water in a pot with a tbsp of salt.
- Add the soya chunks, keep closed for 5 minutes.
- Drain them and wash it with running tap water and squeeze well.
- Cut each chunks to 4 quarters.
- Microwave the vegetables adding 1/2 cup of water for each vegetable – carrot (4 minutes), beans (5 minutes), frozen peas (3 minutes).
- Don’t overcook, it should remain crunchy.
- Now heat 1/2 tbsp of oil in the pan, when it is hot add the chopped onion.
- When it is slightly fried add the ginger-garlic paste.
- Once raw aroma has disappeared, add the tomato and some salt.
- When tomatoes are mushy, add the chunks, followed by 1/2 tbsp garam masala and 1/2 tbsp chilli powder.
- Saute for a few minutes so that the chunks will very slightly get roasted and everything is blended well.
- Now at this stage, add remaining garam masala, chilli powder, boiled potatoes, vegetables and 2.5 cups of water and salt. Mix well.
- Let them boil and cook for some time (Don’t cover – it changes colour).
- When it starts to thicken, add a tbsp of lemon juice.
- When desired consistency is obtained, switch off the flame and add chopped coriander leaves.
- Serve hot with fluffy and soft bread or rotis. Recipe courtesy: Dishes from My Kitchen
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