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Soya Chunks Kurma For Rice, Roti – Meal Maker Gravy – Soya Chunks Recipes

Chitra

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Meal maker kurma

Hi friends, hope you all celebrated Ganesh chaturthi very well. We too had a great celebration with my in-laws 🙂  and back to routine.


I got this soya chunks kurma recipe ( meal maker gravy) from a magazine. It was mentioned that this gravy can be had with dosa , appam , roti and rice. Basically I love soya chunks/meal maker a lot. My Mom used to add them in biryani & kurma. But my MIL never uses it as my husband is not fond of it.
 
Though I like it very much, I couldn’t make often in my kitchen. Recently a reader in Facebook mailed me to post some soya chunks recipe for rice. As I have not yet posted any soya recipes, I really wanted to post one.. So I started searching for some recipes & finally I got this Tamil nadu style soya chunks kurma recipe from Aval vikatan. I have tried this South Indian meal maker gravy twice so far and I loved it with rice, roti and dosa.
 
Basically I like to mix kuruma kind of gravy with rice. I have already posted cauliflower gravy for rice and tiffin, my mom’s recipe very long back. This is also one such kind. Try this Soya chunks gravy and serve it as a side dish for rice, roti / chapathi and dosa !

soya chunks kurma

Soya chunks kurma / Meal maker gravy for rice and chapathi

Soya chunks kurma / Meal maker gravy for rice and chapathi

Soya chunks kurma / Meal maker gravy for rice and chapathi

 
Cuisine: Indian
Category: Side dish
Serves: 3
Prep time: 10 Minutes
Cook time: 20 Minutes
Total time: 30 Minutes
 

INGREDIENTS

  • Meal maker/soya chunks – 1 cup ( I used big chunks)
  • Big onion – 2 to 3 (use 3 if small in size)
  • Tomato – 3  
  • Green chillies – 2 to 3 (slit)
  • Red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Dhania powder – 1 tsp
  • Ginger&Garlic paste – 1/2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp (optional)

To grind

  • Grated coconut – 1/4 cup
  • Khus khus/poppy seeds – 1/2 tsp (soak in little hot water)

To saute

  • Cooking oil – 2 tbsp
  • Cinnamon – 1 no
  • Cloves – 2 nos
  • Biryani leaf – 1 no
  • Kalpasi / Black stone flower – 1
  • Coriander leaves – to garnish
HOW TO MAKE SOYA CHUNKS KURMA
  1. Wash and soak meal maker / soya chunks in hot water for 20 minutes.
  2. Grind coconut mixture to smooth paste. Set aside.
  3. Heat oil and add whole spices, onion, gg paste, green chilli and saute well.
  4. Saute tomato till mushy. Add spice powders and mix well. 
  5. Add water and cook well. Add coconut paste and some water.
  6. Squeeze the soya chunks and add to gravy. Boil well till thick.
  7. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rice, roti, dosa !
METHOD – STEP BY STEP PICTURES
 
  • Wash and soak meal maker in hot water for 20 minutes. It will double in size.  Squeeze the chunks and drain the excess water. Grind coconut and khus khus to a smooth paste and set aside.

soya chunks kurma

  • In a kadai, heat oil. Saute bayleaf, cinnamon and cloves. Then add g&g paste. Saute till raw smell leaves in low flame. Then add onions and slit green chillies. Saute well. Lastly add tomatoes and saute till mushy. Add turmeric powder, dhania powder,  red chilli powder, garam masala powder and salt. Mix well .

soya chunks kurma

  • Add 1 cup of water and allow the onions and tomatoes to cook. Lastly add the ground coconut paste.  Add some water to bring in gravy consistency.

soya chunks kurma

  • Boil for sometime. Squeeze the soaked soya chunks well without water and add them to the gravy. Boil for sometime. Adjust the consistency by adding water if necessary. Garnish with coriander leaves.

soya chunks kurma

Enjoy mixing with rice or as an accompaniment for idli , dosa and roti !
NOTE
  • If you want to make for chapathi, add 1/2 tsp of garam masala powder for more flavor. Otherwise it is completely optional.
  • Always soak in water and squeeze the meal maker before adding to the gravy for all the taste to incorporate.
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Chitra

30 responses to “Soya Chunks Kurma For Rice, Roti – Meal Maker Gravy – Soya Chunks Recipes”
  1. Shama Nagarajan Avatar
    Shama Nagarajan

    yummy and inviting gravy

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  2. lubnakarim06 Avatar
    lubnakarim06

    Indulging recipe….I too love meal maker a lot and love adding it to veg biryani and mix vegetable korma…..

    Reply
  3. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    Looks delicious..our favourite at at home..

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  4. jaya's recipes Avatar
    jaya's recipes

    never tried it looks wonderful!

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  5. great-secret-of-life Avatar
    great-secret-of-life

    my family's fav.. tempting clicks

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  6. Rumana Rawat Avatar
    Rumana Rawat

    very inviting curry.. love to have now.. delicious.

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  7. Sona Avatar
    Sona

    Gravy looks very delicious and tempting.

    Reply
  8. Priya Anandakumar Avatar
    Priya Anandakumar

    one delicious gravy and super healthy too…

    Reply
  9. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    Very delicious gravy. Love the clicks. Very healthy too.

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  10. Happy’s Cook Avatar
    Happy’s Cook

    delicious gravy… reminding my hostel days..

    Reply
  11. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    wow awesome and inviting curry…nice clicks…

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  12. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    tempting curry ….

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  13. Lifewithspices Avatar
    Lifewithspices

    yummm curry..

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  14. Divya Shivaraman Avatar
    Divya Shivaraman

    i am a big fan for soya chunks in birinji or curry loving this inviting dish

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  15. Menaga Sathia Avatar
    Menaga Sathia

    Super curry,looks inviting!!

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  16. divya Avatar
    divya

    looks gorgeous n tempting curry…..awesome clicks.

    Reply
  17. Sangeetha Priya Avatar
    Sangeetha Priya

    delicious curry…

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  18. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    wow looks so inviting dear 🙂 a very healthy and delicious curry !!

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  19. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    Soya chunk gravy looks tempting.

    Reply
  20. Shruti J Avatar
    Shruti J

    Wow!!! Seems to be a protein-packed gravy 🙂 Lovely recipe…

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  21. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    Looks yummmm … shall try makin it

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  22. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    Looks yummmm … shall try makin it

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  23. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    Looks yummmm … shall try makin it

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  24. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    Looks yummm… shall try makin it

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  25. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    Really easy to make and very tasty. Even gets along well with bread………!

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  26. Unknown Avatar
    Unknown

    So easy to make and very tasty. Even gets along well with bread too

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    1. Chitra Avatar
      Chitra

      Thank u so much for trying and the feedback 🙂

      Reply
  27. Beena Avatar
    Beena

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  28. Partage Avatar
    Partage

    is that 3 big onion?

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    1. Chitra Avatar
      Chitra

      You can add less, 2 would be enough . As onion tomatoes are the base for this gravy,i have used more.

      Reply

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