Soya Thongba is a delicious curry made of soya chunks & veggies that are simmered in milk. This Manipuri recipe is a replica of dish "Sana Thongba", In which I replaced paneer with soya chunks & rest remained the same. This curry is creamy, spicy & yummy in taste.
Adapted From: Open Challenge to Plastic Fast Food!
Ingredients
1Medium onion chopped
1Big potato diced
1Cup soya chunks {meal maker}
1/4Cup green peas
1Tbs ginger garlic paste
1/2Tsp turmeric
1&1/2Cup milk
2Green chili's sliced
1Tsp cumin
1Tbs oil
Salt to taste
Directions
- Heat pan with oil. To that add cumin & fry it till it turns light brown.
- Add onion to pan along with ginger garlic paste.
- Saute them till onions turn soft.
- Add soya chunks, potatoes & green peas to pan. Saute them for few seconds.
- To the same pan add turmeric & enough salt. Fry them for 1min on medium heat.
- Add milk to pan & close it with a lid.
- Cook on low heat with a lid till gravy gets little thick.
- Remove lid & add green chili's to gravy. Allow gravy to become thick. Adjust salt & spice if needed. Switch off heat.
- Garnish with coriander leaves & serve warm with rice & roti.
Note
- Replace soya chunks with paneer.
- Author used water instead of 1/2 cup milk. The gravy will be richer if it is cooked in milk rather than water.
- To avoid milk spilling cook gravy with lid till it gets thicker.
- I haven't pre cooked soya chunks in this dish. Cooking them directly in the gravy will help soya to absorb the flavor.
- If using paneer, saute paneer till it turns slight brown.
