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Soya chunks masala recipe with potatoes, step by step

February 18, 2020 29 Comments

Soya Chunks Masala with Potatoes, a delicious vegetarian side dish for chapati, roti, nan, etc. I love to make this quick side dish since it involves very little chopping and preparation time. Learn how to make easy soya chunks masala with potatoes using this step by step recipe.
Soya chunks masala recipe with potatoes, step by step

Confession: I didn’t know Soya Chunks were called Nutrela. Or textured Vegetable Protein (TVP). Anyway, my mom never cooked with it much and I have only ever known them as soya chunks or “chung chung” as Amma calls them, with emphasis on the ‘g’! Turns out TH really likes soya chunks and I try to make different things out of it as much as possible. Cooking it with potatoes and tomatoes is probably my favourite. It goes well with rotis and is neither too watery nor dry – just perfect!

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Soya Chunks Masala with Potatoes
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
40 mins
Total time
55 mins
 
Soya chunks masala recipe with potatoes, an easy vegetarian side dish
Author: nags
Recipe type: Vegetarian Sides
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 2 of medium-sized potatoes
  • 1.5 cups of soya chunks (TVP / Nutrela / Meal Maker)
  • 2 of onions
  • 2 of tomatoes
  • 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
  • 1 small piece of ginger, grated
  • 2 of green chillies
  • ½ tsp of red chilli powder
  • 2 tsp of coriander powder
  • 3 tbsp of oil
  • ½ tspย ofย jeera (cumin)
  • ¼ tsp of mustard seeds
  • ¼ tsp of saunf (fennel seeds)
  • ¼ tsp of turmeric powder
  • ¼ tsp of urad dal
  • A few curry leaves
  • Salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Chop the potatoes into small cubes. Peel and cube it if you prefer. Also, potatoes here cook up very fast so I don't par boil them. If you feel it will take too long, pressure cook the potatoes or boil them in some water for 10 mins before using. You can use any variety of potato you like.
  2. Slice the onions and tomatoes thin and long.
  3. Cook the soya chunks in boiling water with some salt for 10 mins until soft. You can also pressure cook it in some water but I find that cooking it this way is easier. You can add some milk to it at this stage to get rid of the smell of soya chunks. We don't mind it so much so I don't waste milk doing that.
  4. Drain and set aside.
  5. Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds. When they pop, add the cumin, urad dal, fennel seeds, green chillies, garlic ginger, and curry leaves. Saute for a minute until the ginger and garlic smell roasted. Then add the onions and saute until they turn golden brown. Follow it with turmeric, red chilli powder, and coriander. Fry for another minute.
  6. Then, add the tomatoes and cook until the mixture turns mushy - about 3-4 mins.
  7. Squeeze the water out of the cooked soya granules as much as possible and add it to the above mixture along with the potatoes. Mix well and add salt. Sprinkle some water over it and cook covered, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are cooked soft - about 10 mins.
  8. Serve hot with rotis or chapatis.
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Step by Step Soya Chunks Masala with Potatoes Recipe

1. Chop the potatoes into small cubes. Peel and cube it if you prefer. Also, potatoes here cook up very fast so I don’t par boil them. If you feel it will take too long, pressure cook the potatoes or boil them in some water for 10 mins before using. You can use any variety of potato you like.

Soya chunks masala recipe with potatoes, step by step

Slice the onions and tomatoes thin and long.

Soya chunks masala recipe with potatoes, step by step

2. Cook the soya chunks in boiling water with some salt for 10 mins until soft. You can also pressure cook it in some water but I find that cooking it this way is easier. You can add some milk to it at this stage to get rid of the smell of soya chunks. We don’t mind it so much so I don’t waste milk doing that.

Drain and set aside.

Soya chunks masala recipe with potatoes, step by step

3. Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds. When they pop, add the cumin, urad dal, fennel seeds, green chillies, garlic ginger, and curry leaves. Saute for a minute until the ginger and garlic smell roasted. Then add the onions and saute until they turn golden brown. Follow it with turmeric, red chilli powder, and coriander. Fry for another minute.

Then, add the tomatoes and cook until the mixture turns mushy – about 3-4 mins.

Soya chunks masala recipe with potatoes, step by step

4. Squeeze the water out of the cooked soya granules as much as possible and add it to the above mixture along with the potatoes. Mix well and add salt. Sprinkle some water over it and cook covered, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are cooked soft – about 10 mins.

Soya chunks masala recipe with potatoes, step by step

Serve hot with rotis or chapatis. I have also served this with jeera rice and it goes well.

Soya chunks masala recipe with potatoes, step by step

For soya chunks masala with potatoes recipe in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Kannada, etc please use the Google translate button in the sidebar.

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By nags Filed Under: Dry Vegetarian Side Dishes, Potato (Aloo) Recipes, Soya Chunks Recipes

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Comments

  1. Trudy Obie

    March 17, 2021 at 10:29 am

    Thank you for this delicious recipe, first time cooking with large soya chunks! Very good!

    Reply
  2. Lisa

    May 20, 2020 at 6:15 pm

    What is urad dal please ? I live in UK

    Reply
    • nags

      May 28, 2020 at 12:05 pm

      it’s a split lentil that’s white in colour. can google for images and in this recipe you can safely omit it

      Reply
  3. RITIKA

    July 15, 2016 at 10:27 am

    thank you so much,as its my first time I’am cooking something

    Reply
  4. Baskaran

    December 27, 2012 at 1:56 am

    Tried this recipe.Tasted so good Soya Alu seems to be a good made for each other combo
    regards
    Baskaran

    Reply
  5. Ramya

    September 30, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    Good Stuff Nags.. I'm a lover of Soya chunks & this is absolutely tasty.. Ramya…

    Reply
  6. Priya Sreeram

    September 1, 2012 at 4:13 am

    looks delicious; must have tasted swell ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  7. sumi

    July 17, 2012 at 9:15 am

    Wat a simple and tasty recipe

    Reply
  8. Anu Nandu

    June 30, 2012 at 7:16 pm

    Really, you can do this? I have a box of this stuff lying in my pantry and not going to tell you for how long. The only way I can get Nandu to taste it is by having potatoes in there!

    Reply
  9. Zinx

    June 24, 2012 at 12:00 pm

    Hi there…
    i had been having Soya in office canteen fro almost an 2 years and decided to never have it again, but my doc thinks i need to have soyas regulary.. so i was looking up for interesting reciepe and yours the first one i tried.. tastes awesome.. looks awesome and feels awesome… thanks buddy… ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  10. rahul aggarwal

    June 7, 2012 at 2:42 pm

    can it get any better than this…no way…

    thanks for sharing this recipe…

    regards
    rahul

    Reply
  11. M D

    June 6, 2012 at 4:15 pm

    Soy chunks have been my all time fav. Love this masala version with potatoes. Nice crisp clicks Nags.

    Reply
  12. Sharmilee! :)

    June 6, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    This sounds like a nice combination…potato with soya chunks. Will def try the combo next time!

    Reply
  13. Kavitha Bhargav

    June 6, 2012 at 6:50 am

    still my mom thinks these are non-veggies ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  14. postmormon girl

    June 6, 2012 at 6:21 am

    I remember being very puzzled the first time I saw nutrela; I couldn't for the life of me figure out what they were. My husband would eat entire boxes of nutrela as a grad student.

    Reply
  15. Shabitha Karthikeyan

    June 6, 2012 at 4:14 am

    Looks so homey and delicious !!

    Reply
  16. Chitra

    June 6, 2012 at 4:08 am

    wow, its too good , must be gr8 wid rice..

    Reply
  17. Joey

    June 6, 2012 at 3:38 am

    I used this combo in my tart last week – was superb, tasted like a meat tart.

    Reply
  18. Krithi

    June 5, 2012 at 4:40 pm

    Wow.. love the gorgeous pic…

    Reply
  19. Anisha Ranjit

    June 5, 2012 at 3:26 pm

    I use to know it as Nutrela as a kid. Now I know it's also called TVP. I love it… This looks tempting!

    Reply
  20. Anisha Ranjit

    June 5, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    I use to know it as nutrela as a kid, I love it. This curry looks really tempting…

    Reply
  21. Roma

    June 5, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    Looks delicious!

    Reply
  22. Nisha

    June 5, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    Ate a lot of soy chunks in Thai food, mom used to cook with it often too. Sometimes it's added as an extra topping on some Thai dishes, like peanuts.
    Have you tried the fried ones just on their own? Nice n crisp, tastes awesome I tell ya!

    When I pronounced the "chung chung" with emphasis on the 'g' – it sounded funny but cute. Haha ๐Ÿ˜€

    Reply
  23. Amritha

    June 5, 2012 at 10:08 am

    I had them for the first time when my aunt's mum frm chennai made this yummy korma with someyhing that tasted like mutton but was vegetarian. Meal maker she said. We never got it here. We kids would wait for her next visit to have more of the delicious so non-veg like veg thingie. Lovely combo!delish!

    Reply
  24. Divya Kudua

    June 5, 2012 at 10:01 am

    Never cooked with soya chunks before.Once tasted a kurma made with vegetables and soya chunks at a restaurant where the chunks stood out like sore thumbs.So didn't attempt to cook with it yet.Potatoes make any dish interesting,so the combo sounds try-able!

    Reply
  25. Priya

    June 5, 2012 at 9:33 am

    Super irresistible masala,cant wait to try soon.

    Reply
  26. runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com

    June 5, 2012 at 7:35 am

    Interesting combination! looks yum!

    Reply
  27. Lakshmi Karthik

    June 5, 2012 at 2:00 pm

    Looks super yummy! My mom used to sneak these soya chunks into a variety of sides for rotis but they didnt looks half as yummy as this one. They were huge chunks and tasted like NOTHING! Let me give this recipe a try so that I can sneak soya into my kids' lunches…The things we vegetarians have to do for protein ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  28. Tina

    June 5, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    Luv anyhing with soya..Looks temping.

    Reply

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