Soya Keema Recipe

Time and servings

Prep time	10 min
Cook time	30 min
Total time	40 min
Serves	4 servings

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Ingredients

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for cooking soya:

• 4 cup water
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup soya chunks

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for curry:

• 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
• 1 tsp cumin / jeera
• 1 inch cinnamon
• 5 cloves
• 2 pods cardamom
• 1 chilli (slit)
• 3 clove garlic (finely chopped)
• 1 onion (finely chopped)
• 1 tsp ginger paste
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• ¾ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• ¼ tsp cumin powder
• ½ tsp garam masala
• 1 cup tomato pulp
• ¼ cup curd / yogurt (whisk)
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ cup water
• 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)

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Instructions

1. in a large kadai heat 1 tbsp ghee and saute spices.
2. further add 1 chilli, 3 clove garlic and saute to a golden brown.
3. add in 1 onion followed by 1 tsp ginger paste and saute to a golden brown.
4. keeping the flame on low add ¼ tsp turmeric, ¾ tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, ¼ tsp cumin powder and ½ tsp garam masala. saute until the spices turn aromatic.
5. furthermore, add 1 cup tomato pulp and stir well.
6. cook until the oil is separated from the masala paste.
7. keeping the flame on low add ¼ cup curd and stir well until the oil is separated.
8. add in blended soya chunks, ½ tsp salt and saute for 5 minutes.
9. now add ¼ cup water, cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until the soya is cooked well.
10. finally, enjoy soya kheema with roti, garnished with 2 tbsp coriander leaves.

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Step-by-step

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Video

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Notes

• firstly, cook the soya well else you may end up with stomach problems.
• also, you can use soya granules instead of soya chunks to avoid blending to coarse texture.
• additionally, if you are looking to have a gravy consistency, then add water accordingly.
• finally, soya keema recipe tastes great when prepared spicy.