Chilli soya chunks is an Indian-Chinese vegetarian recipe with soya chunks which are also called meal maker, a great protein-source for vegetarians. Learn how to make chilli soya chunks using this easy recipe.
The husband loves soya chunks. After paneer and mushrooms, this is probably his next favourite thing. Although I used to dislike the bland taste of soya chunks when I was younger, I have acquired a taste for it now. So I am always on the look out for new soy chunks recipes even though I tend to stick with my tried and tested soya chunks masala recipe most of the time.
- A couple of other recipes using soya chunks below:
- Soya chunks biryani
- Soya chunks cutlets
The recipe for chilli soya chunks is similar to chilli paneer but I don’t do a marinade + frying method for this and instead, focus on making the gravy Indian-Chinese style and the rest just comes together. Served best with vegetable fried rice, but it went really well with roti too.
Chilli Soya Chunks Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked dry soya chunks
- 1 1 cup onion chopped into medium squares
- 1 cup tomato puree
- 2 green chillies adjust to taste
- 1/2 cup green capsicum cut into squares
- 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste use freshly minced ginger and garlic for best taste
- 3-4 dry red chillies adjust to taste
- 2 tablespoons soya sauce
- 1 tablespoons tomato sauce / ketchup or hot and sweet sauce
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 tablespoons spring onions or scallions for garnishing
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Bring 4 cups of water to a rolling boil, add 1/2 tsp salt and the soya chunks to it. Keep covered and let it soak for 30 mins.
- Heat the oil in a pan and add the dry red chillies.
- To this, add the onions, capsicum, green chillies and ginger-garlic paste.
- Fry for 2-3 minutes on medium heat until the red chillies turn brown and the onions get transparent. Take care not to burn the chillies. Turn off heat.
- When ready, drain the soaked soya chunks in a colander and reserve the water.
- Squeeze them gently to remove excess water and add to the pan. The soya chunks should be very soft at this stage.
- Turn the heat back on. Add salt and toss well, letting everything cook together for about 5 minutes and until well combined.
- Takes the reserved water from soaking the soya chunks and adjust it to get 1.5 cups water in total, adding more plain water if required
- Add the soya sauce, pureed tomato and tomato sauce to this water and mix well.
- Turn the heat to high and add this to the pan with the soya chunks.
- Mix well on high heat for 30 seconds and then lower the heat to medium-low. Cook closed for 8-10 mins until the gravy cooks down and the soya chunks absorb some extra moisture.
- When done, adjust salt. Garnish with the spring onions.
Notes
You can make a similar recipe with mushrooms and potatoes too. Leave a comment if you try the recipe and have any notes to share, I’d love to hear from you.
Tempting.I will definitely try this.
I am so glad to stumble into your blog. All your recipes are so tempting. I love soya chunks!! I have not had them for soooo long but now looking at it i am craving it so much. looking forward to read more of your posts!
mujhe soya chilli recipe bahut pasand aayi hai kunki mera beta soya pasand nahi karta tha ab chinese ki tarah taste ane se wo soya pasand krne laga hai thanks
Hello Nags, I had prepared this last night for dinner with roti. I also observed that the gravy was watery and not semi thick. As a side note probably, you can mention about adding corn flour. I usually do not go through the comments section, just now I saw the above post about the corn flour.
i have updated the chilli soya chunks post. thanks for the suggestion devi
Hi Nags, I tried this recipe and it turned out extremely tasty, although the gravy turned out watery and hence we ate it like a stew in a bowl…so I guess corn flour needs to be added to make it thick…I liked this recipe so much that I have decided to add noodles instead of the soya chunks next time…it tastes just like the Dragon Chowmein in Chung Wah restaurant…so thanks for letting me know their secret recipe :-)…Gayathri from Bangalore.
good point gayathri. you can add cornflour to the gravy to make it thicker but as you can see in the pic, mine was semi thick and there wasn't much of it in fact. maybe your dish had more gravy? either ways, can't go wrong no? and chilli noodles sounds like a great idea!
soo nice……
any more recipe using meal maker? i want to prepare something crispy out of it. can anybody help me?
you can try soya chunks cutlets. https://www.cookingandme.com/2010/07/meal-maker-soya-chunks-cutlets-recipe.html