Soya Tamatari
by Kavitha Iyengar
A protein rich dish with a tangy tomato gravy, this dish is a perfect accompaniment to bread, rotis, or rice.
Soya Tamatari recipe - How to make Soya Tamatari
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Makes 4 to 6 servings
1 cup soyabeans , soaked overnight
5 tomatoes , roughly chopped
3 tbsp oil
1 capsicum , finely chopped
2 onions , finely chopped
1/2 cup shredded mint leaves (phudina)
3 garlic (lehsun) cloves
5-6 green chillies
2 tsp fennel seeds (saunf)
4 cashewnuts (kaju)
4 almonds (badam)
1 tsp cardamoms powder
salt to taste
1 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp coriander (dhania) seeds powder
1 tsp garam masala
Method
- Method
- Drain the soya beans, add enough water and salt, mix well and pressure cook for 8 to 10 whistles or till they are cooked.
- Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid. Keep aside.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadhai and add the garlic and sauté for 30 seconds.
- Add the green chillies, cashewnuts, almonds, fennel seeds and cardamom powder, mix well and saute till the nuts start turns golden brown.
- Add half the onions and saute till they turn golden brown.
- Add half the tomatoes and salt, mix well and cook till the onions and tomatoes shrinks and are cooked and mashed.
- Remove from the flame, cool and blend in a mixer along with mint till smooth. Keep aside.
- Heat the remaining 2 tbsp of oil in the same kadhai and add the remaining onions and sauté until light golden.
- Add the capsicum , remaining tomatoes,mix well and sauté for 2 minutes.
- Add the chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander seeds powder and garama masala, mix well and saute for 1 minute.
- Add the paste, mix well and saute for 2 minutes.
- Add some water in which the beans were boiled, mix well and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add the cooked soybeans and mix well and add the remaining water from the soybeans to the pan enough to cover the soybeans, mix well and simmer for around 4-5 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Serve hot garnish with coriander.
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