Chilli Soya Chunks/Meal Maker

This is one of my best dishes loved most by my  kids.Great  protein content can be taken by all age groups.

It is textured or texturized vegetable protein (TVP), also known as textured soy protein (TSP), soy meat, or soya chunks is a defatted soy flour product, a by-product of extracting soybean oil.It is often used as a meat analogue or meat extender. It is quick to cook, with a protein content far greater than that which comes from meat.

OK! let's learn the process.

1.For cooking soya chunks
Ingredients:

Soya Chunks / Meal Maker – 2 cups
Water – 5 cups
Milk – ½ cup

Heat milk and water in a sauce pan. Bring this to a good rolling boil.

Add in the soya chunks and switch off the flame. Cover with a tight fitting lid and leave it aside for 15-20 mins.

Drain it in a colander and wash it with lots of cold water.

2.For Marination of chunks
Ingredients:

Soya Chunks / Meal Maker - 2 cups cooked
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Corn Flour  - 3 tsp
Oil - 3 tsp

Method:

Mix all the marination ingredients together, except oil  and set aside for 1/2 hour.

3.For making dish
Ingredients:

Onions - 1 large sliced thinly
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
Bell Peppers / Capsicum - 1 Sliced lengthwise (i used green & yellow)
Green Chillies - 2 slit
Vinegar - 2 tsp or to taste
Green Chilli Sauce - 1 tblspn or to taste
Tomato Ketchup - 2 tsp
Red Chilli Sauce - 1 tsp
Dark Soya Sauce - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Sugar -1 tsp
Ajinomoto - a pinch (optional)

Method:

Heat oil in a frying pan, once it is hot, add in the soya and toss well in the oil. Cook till it is golden. Remove it to a plate.

Now in the remaining oil, add in onions, chopped ginger garlic and saute for couple of mins.

Add in capsicum, chillies and saute for another couple of mins. Add in sugar, salt, ajinomoto(if using) and all the sauces and mix well.

Cook this for 5 mins or so.

Add in fried soya and toss well in the sauce. Cook this for couple of mins.

Add in spring onions and toss once.

Serve hot with pulav, fried rice or stuff in rolls and breads.

Bhapa Doi(Steamed yogurt)

To celebrate the holiday month with us, we have friends popping in and out almost all weekends. They deserve a share of sweet luscious Bhapa Doi. Bhapa doi is a Bengali sweet, which literally means steamed yogurt. Easy dessert try and share with ur friends.

Ingredients:

1 can (400 grams) sweetened condensed milk
1 cup (250 grams) thick plain yogurt, whisked
1 cup (200 ml) milk
15 raisins
10 almonds, blanched and slivered
15 pistachios, blanched and slivered

Method:

Put the sweetened condensed milk in a bowl. Add the yogurt and whisk. Add the milk and whisk again until well blended.

Add the raisins, almonds, and pistachios, and stir well.

Cover with aluminum foil and  place the pan in the cooker. Put the lid on and steam the cooker without putting the weight for about 40 minutes.

Remove from the pan remove the foil, and set aside to cool to room temperature. Place the bhapa doi in the refrigerator to chill. Slice and serve chilled.

Note:

U can also pour the mixture in small bowls ,cover each bowl with foil and steam in idli cooker.