Soya Gravy

Ingredients:

• Soya chunks – 1¼ cup
• Onion – 2 (finely chopped)
• Tomato – 3 (finely chopped)
• Oil – 3 tbsp
• Salt – to taste
• Curry leaves – few
• Water – 2 cups

Grind and make a paste of:

• Coconut – 1 cup
• Chilli powder – 4 tsp
• Coriander seeds- 1tsp
• Fennel seeds (perunjeeragam) – 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Peppercorns – 1/2 tsp
• Cinnamon – 1 stick
• Cardamom – 2
• Cloves – 1
• Ginger – 1 small peice
• Garlic – 4 cloves

Recipe:

1. Soak Soya chunks in hot water for 10 minutes, then wash it in cold water and drain excess water from soya.
2. Heat oil in a pan. Add Onion and Tomato one by one and fry it well.
3. Add Soya and fry it for a minute, then add the ground paste and fry till the raw smell goes.
4. Add 2 cups of water and salt to it, allow this to boil.
5. Then add Curry leaves and remove from heat.

Goes well with: white rice.