India

Chilli soya chunks

Name: Chilli soya chunks
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indo Chinese, modern Indian
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups soya chunks; 3 tbsp split cornflour (cornstarch); 1 tbsp maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for shallow frying, about 2 1/2 tbsp absorbed; 5 cloves chopped garlic; 1/2 inch chopped ginger; 2 slit green chilli; 1 petals onion; 1 cubed capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper); 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp red chilli sauce; 2 tsp tomato ketchup (ketchup); 1 1/2 tsp vinegar; 1/3 cup water; 2 stalks spring onion (green onion, scallion); 1/4 tsp black pepper; Salt, to taste

Chilli paneer's high protein cousin. Crisp soya, glossy garlicky sauce.

35 minTime

19 gProtein each

hotSpice

Soya goes Indo Chinese2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayIndo Chinese style chilli soya.

The original

306kcalsame

19 gproteinsame

6 gfibresame

35minutessame

Chilli soya chunks.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Soya chunks1½ cups

Cornflour (cornstarch)3 tbsp, split

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1 tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for shallow frying, about 2 1/2 tbsp absorbed

Garlic5 cloves, chopped

Ginger1.5 cm, chopped

Green chilli2, slit

Onion1, petals

Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)1, cubed

Soy sauce1 tbsp

Red chilli sauce1 tbsp

Tomato ketchup (ketchup)2 tsp

Vinegar1½ tsp

Water⅓ cup

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2 stalks

Black pepper¼ tsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Boil soya chunks in salted water 5 minutes, squeeze very dry.
2Toss with 2 tbsp cornflour, maida, pepper and salt and shallow fry until crisp.
3In 1 tbsp oil on high, fry garlic, ginger and chilli, then onion and capsicum for a minute.
4Add sauces, vinegar and remaining cornflour mixed into the water. Bubble until glossy, toss in soya and spring onion.

Serve it like this

Serve hot on a plate, with a few fresh coriander leaves on top.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Chilli soya chunks

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Make it a meal