Soya is one of the richest sources of protein, yet it finds only a small place in Indian cooking. I’m not sure why ; maybe there are fewer Indian recipes that you can make out of Soya. Soya - based dishes can not only be tasty but healthy too! Replace Paneer with Soya chunks or granules (available in most grocery stores) and you can make delicious evening snacks or tantalizing curries for your Rotis.

There are three Soya recipes - Indian style featured here:

1. How to make ‘Indian - Chinese’ Soya Manchurian (an alternative to Gobi Manchurian)

2. Soya Dosa - A healthy dish of this South Indian bread variety

3. Soya in Kofta Curry - Perfect for a weekend menu

Recipes follow below:

1. Soya Manchurian

Who says you can only taste Gobi Manchurian in restaurants? Well, now there is a healthier alternative to this Indo-Chinese recipe.

Ingredients

• Soya Chunks- 1 small cup
• Maida- ½ tbsp
• Corn Flour- ½ tablespoon
• Pepper Powder- For taste
• Aji-no-moto- 1 pinch
• Finely Chopped Garlic- 10 pods
• Green chillies- 5
• Soya Sauce- 1 teaspoon
• Capsicum- 1
• Salt- to taste
• Oil- For frying
• Finely chopped spring onions- little

How to make / Method:

1. Soak the Soya chunks in hot-water for 10 minutes.
2. Then squeeze them to remove the excess water from it and keep aside.
3. Mix Maida, corn-flour, salt, Pepper powder well in a bowl.
4. Mix water if required to get a batter form (preferably a pakoda batter), add the squeezed Soya chunks into it and deep fry it in oil and keep those fried soya aside.
5. Heat little oil in another kadai or pan.
6. Add chopped garlic, green chillies, Chopped capsicum, and sauté for a while.
7. Add Soya sauce, Aji-no-moto, and little water and cook for a while.
8. Then add those fried Soya ones into it and sauté it for sometime.
9. Sprinkle chopped spring onions and serve.

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2. Soya Kofta Curry

With simple ingredients and a simpler recipe, you could turn any dull cooking day with this recipe for Soya Kofta Curry.

Ingredients

• Soya Granules- 1 ¼ cup
• Boiled Mashed Potatoes- 2
• Tomato Puree- 2 tablespoon
• Onion Paste- 1 tablespoon
• Pepper Powder- 1 teaspoon
• Ginger-Garlic Paste- 1 teaspoon
• Coriander Powder- 1 teaspoon
• Saunf Fennel Seeds) - ½ teaspoon
• Garam Masala Powder- 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric Powder- 1 pinch
• Salt- To taste
• Oil- 1 tbsp
• Coriander- For garnishing

How to make / Method

1. Mix mashed potatoes, Soya granules, salt, and pepper powder in a bowl
2. If the mixture is watery, mix a little corn/rice flour and then make smalls out of it and deep fry it in oil
3. Keep this aside.
4. Heat oil in a pan and add saunf, ginger-garlic paste, onion Paste, tomato puree, and fry for a while.
5. Then add Pepper Powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, turmeric powder, salt and cook for a while.
6. Then add fried Soya koftas or balls into it and stir for sometime.
7. Add fresh cream and cashew paste to add more flavor (optional)
8. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with chapathi, Rotis, Pulkas, Kulchas or Nan. You could even enjoy this with plain rice

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3. Soya Dosa

Ingredients

• Soya Chunks - 30
• Toor dhal (Pigeon Peas) - ½ cup
• Bengal Gram dhal - ½ cup
• Rice - ½ cup
• Finely chopped fenugreek leaves - 1 cup
• Chopped onions- 1 cup
• Coconut Milk - 1 cup
• Red Chillies - 10
• Ginger - 1 small piece - chopped finely
• Saunf (fennel seeds) - 1 teaspoon
• Cumin Seeds - 1 teaspoon
• Salt and Oil - to taste

How to make / method

1. Soak the rice and the dhals in water for about 2 hours.
2. Remove this soaked mixture and add red chillies, salt, ginger, saunf, cumin seeds, and grind it coarsely.
3. Put the Soya chunks in hot water. Squeeze them and add it to the coarsely grinded mixture.
4. To this batter, add chopped onions, fenugreek leaves, and coconut milk and mix well.
5. Then heat a dosa tava, Pour the batter like a dosa but little thick in size.
6. Serve with tangy chutney

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Send us your own Indian soya recipes (and other recipes too) and it will be published on the main Indian food recipes website or this blog. Use this form to email me the recipes.

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Useful Links to other websites:

From Indian Food Kitchen:

Delicious Curry Recipes

Indian Snacks recipes

Dosa Recipes

More Snacks and Tiffin varieties - from this blog

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Soy Recipes by SoyConnection.com

Soya health benefits and recipes by Soya.be

Soya Milk Recipes by SoyMilkMaker.com

photo credit: RavenCore17

Unlike other dishes, this one is not so sweet, but it isn’t spicy either. Curd being the main ingredient along with rice, it tastes a bit sour and has a nice fluffy texture.

I’ve posted a video (courtesy - Show me the Curry) here. Try this and let us know the results.

Note: I’m not the author of this video. I’ve just posted it here for spreading the word on Indian cuisine. The video is about 9 minutes long and may take some time if your internet connection is slow.

Gujarati Recipe Video - Handwa or Handvo

Ok, that aside, I wanted to search for more recipes to add to the eggless cakes collection. Previously I had posted delicious eggless pineapple cake video from Manjula aunty. This time, the lady-duo from Show me the Curry have created a cake delicacy with dates and walnuts. This can make for a good tea time snack or maybe a weekend try.

Note: This video is not produced by me; I have only shared it with permission from the original authors. The video is about 8 minutes long. If you are on a slow connection, press the play button / pause and let the video load for some time.

Eggless Dates and Walnut Cake

Links to more cake recipes

3 eggless cake recipes - from this blog

Indian cake recipes - from our main site

Show me the curry.com

Please note: This video is from Youtube.com and I’m not the person featured in the video. I’ve just added the video here to spread the word about Indian cooking. The length of the video is about six and a half minutes; depending on your internet connection, the loading time might vary.

Egg less Pineapple Cake recipe video

photo credit: Pinot & Dita (Photo not of actual recipe)

With just three main ingredients in mango, condensed milk and sugar, this icecream surely looks like a good one to start your cooking career with

Mango Icecream

Ingredients

• Mango pulp - 1 can
• Sugar - 1 or  2 cups(depends on personal choice)
• Condensed milk(unsweetened) - 2 cans

How to make:

1. Empty the mango pulp in to a big bowl.
2. Add sugar and condensed milk and beat with a electric mixer for 15 minutes or stir by hand well.
3. Transfer the contents into freezer safe container and freeze the mango icecream.
4. It is ready to eat after 3-4 hrs. Enjoy!!

Some more ice cream and mango links:

Kesar Mango Icecream

Banana Ice cream (video)

Mango recipes collection

Delicious mango Shrikarni

Five Minute Mango Ice cream (Link to another website)

(copyright - Charles Haynes) Photo not of actual dish

Mysore Set Dosa

You’ll need:

• 1 measure urad dal
• 1 measure sago rice
• 1 measure avalakki or poha
• 4 measures raw rice
• Half teaspoon fenugreek seeds

Method / How - to

1. Wash and soak all the above for at least 4 hours.
2. Then grind all ingredients using enough water till they become a smooth thick batter.
3. Add salt to taste and leave to ferment overnight.
4. Next morning mix the batter well and make set dose as per your choice on a non-stick griddle.
5. Normally the set dose are made thick and roasted on both sides.
6. This recipe makes soft spongy doses which may be eaten with chutney and chutney podi.

Side - dishes for Set Dosa:

Vegetable Kurma

Various Chutneys

Also check out some more Dosa recipes from our main website.

Submit your own recipes here

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Links from other websites:

Mysore Masala Dosa - From It’s Life (blog)

Set Dosa by Aayi’s recipes

The recipes include a few varieties of mango-based drinks, ice-cream, pickles, chutneys and a couple of videos.

Photo by: zeetzjones

Recipe list follows below:

1. Quick and Easy Mango Icecream (Visitor recipe) - new
2. Mango Shrikarni - A thick mango juice (side-dish) used with Chapatis or enjoyed on a hot day.
3. Easy Mango Milkshake
4. Kesar Mango Ice-cream
5. Video: How to cut mangoes for eating
6. Video: Mango and Strawberry Milkshake
7. Mango Shrikhand - Ugadi special from Maharashtra. See recipe at the bottom of the page)
8. Mango Chutney (from main site)
9. Spicy Mango Pickle
10. Mango Vegetable Pickle (Gujarati variety)
11. Raw Mango Drink - Tangy mango drink if you want to try something other than sweet
12. Aam ki Chutney (from the blog)

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I have never liked Bittergourd much. The only time when I like having anything of bittergourd is when it is made into a Pitla / Kootu (a thick gravy like Sambar). Anyway, this video looked more tempting for me to try more of Karakaya (Bittergourd in Telugu) / Karela (in Hindi) / Pavakkai(in Tamil) or Hagalkai (in Kannada).

This one comes from Gayathri Vantillu through Youtube.com. Known as Kakarakaya Koora (Bittergourd fry) in Telugu, this andhra dish might just be good for a pleasant evening snack when the mood is just right.

Send in your Andhra Recipes and I’ll publish it in this blog or in the Indian Food Kitchen main website

So recently when Cucumber Ghassi was prepared at home, I didn’t know it was from Mangalore. Apparently Ghassi is a regular curry dish in Konkani cuisine (Konkanis are an ethnic group found in Mangalore, Goa and a few parts of Kerala). I don’t however why they call it Ghassi.

photo credit: GoDakshin

You can eat Cucumber (’Mangalooru Sauthekaayi’ in Kannada) Ghassi with Rice or with Chapattis. It is less spicier than regular curries and is a little thicker than Sambar. I had a yummy time devouring it! Here’s my mother’s recipe:

Cucumber Ghassi

Ingredients:

• Cucumber - 3
• Sprouted green gram - 1/2 cup
• Chopped Onions- 3 tablespoons
• Salt - as required

Grind together:

• Red chillies - 7
• Coriander seeds - 1/2 tablespoon
• Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
• Fresh grated coconut - 1/2 cup
• Garlic - a couple of pieces
• Tamarind - a small piece

Dry roast the spices separately and then grind them with coconut, tamarind and garlic.

For the seasoning:

• Oil - 1 tablespoon
• Mustard seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
• Crushed garlic - 3 flakes

How to make / Method:

1. Pressure cook sprouted green gram for 10 minutes.
2. Chop onions into small pieces.
3. Add ground paste (spices) into the cooked green gram dhal along with salt and enough water.
4. Cook until you get a thick gravy.
5. Fry the seasonings in oil, add onions and fry all the ingredients turn golden brown.
6. Add to the boiling gravy and cook for a few more minutes.
7. Heat a little coconut oil, put some curry leaves and add it to the Ghassi
8. If you like, you can add a little more coconut oil once the Ghassi is ready
9. Garnsh with coriander and serve with Chapattis or steaming rice.

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Links to more Mangalore recipes and food websites and blogs:

Channa Ghassi - a Konkani specialty from Randap blog

Mangalore cooking - from Mangalorean.com

Also check out other Indian curries from our main website

Bread Masala

What you need:

• Sweetless Bread - 1 Loaf (You can also use sandwich bread or brown bread)
• Turmeric powder - 1 tablespoon
• Red Chilli powder - 1 tablespoon (or as needed)
• Salt - (as needed)
• Onions - 5
• Coriander leaves - (4 tbsp) finely chopped
• Tomatoes - 2 (medium sized)Oil - 4 tablespoons
• Green chillies - 2

How to make:

1. Cut the bread into small pieces.Heat oil in the pan.
2. Fry chopped onions in the pan until it is transparent.
3. Add green chillies.
4. Add turmeric powder and chopeed tomatoes.
5. Fry until it forms as a gravy.
6. Add salt and chilli powder.
7. Add a little watter and Add the bread pieces to the gravy.
8. Mix well and add coriander leaves to it.
9. Serve hot.

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