Chilli Soya Nuggets is an Indo Chinese starter recipe prepared from fried Soya Nuggets with slurry of various sauces.
Course Snacks, Starters
Cuisine Indo-Chinese
Diet Vegetarian
Keyword Soya Chilli, Soya Chilli Nuggets
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Custom Time 0 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 2servings
Calories 324kcal
Author Recipe by Chits
Equipment
Heavy Base Kadhai
Strainer
Paper Towel/Tissue Paper/Kitchen Towel
Ingredients
For Fried Soya Nuggets:
1cupSoyabean Chunks
1/4cupGram Flour (Besan)
1/2teaspoonKashmiri Red Chilli Powder
1/4teaspoonBlack Pepper Powder
1/2teaspoonGinger Garlic Paste
1/2teaspoonSalt
4cupsWater
Oil for Frying
For Soya Chilli:
1tablespoonFinely Chopped Garlic
2pieceGreen Chilli Slit
1medium cubedOnion
1medium cubedCapsicum
2tablespoonTomato Sauce
1tablespoonChilli Sauce
1teaspoonSoya Sauce
1/2teaspoonKashmiri Red Chilli Powder
1teaspoonVinegar
1teaspoonCorn Flour
2tablespoonOil:
4tablespoonSpring Onion Greens
1/4cupWater
Salt to taste
Instructions
Frying Soyabean Nuggets:
Boil Water with Salt in a pan. After the water boils, switch off the stove.
Add the Soyabean Chunks into it and let it soak till the soya chunks are soft.
When the Soya Chunks becomes soft, squeeze out the excess water from it and keep in a separate bowl.
Add Gram Flour, Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder, Black Pepper Powder, Ginger Garlic Paste and Salt into the bowl.
Mix all the ingredients properly so that the Soya Chunks are evenly coated with Gram Flour and other spices. Keep it aside for 5 minutes.
Now heat Oil in a pan over medium heat.
Add the coated Soyabean Chunks into the Oil and fry them till they are light golden in colour from all side. Keep stirring in between so that they do not burn.
Take out the fried Soyabean Nuggets and keep over kitchen towel so that the excess oil is absorbed. Fry all the soyabean chunks and keep it aside.
Preparing Soya Chilli Recipe:
Heat Oil in a pan over medium heat.
Add Finely Chopped Garlic and Green Chilli. Saute for few seconds.
Next add Onions and Capsicum. Saute till all the ingredients slightly change their colour.
Now add Tomato Sauce, Chilli Sauce, Soya Sauce, Vinegar, Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder and Salt.
Mix all the ingredients properly and saute for a minute.
Prepare Corn Flour slurry by mixing 1 teaspoon Corn Flour with 1/4 th cup water.
Add the slurry into the pan and cook till the gravy slightly thickens.
Add the fried Soyabean Nuggets. Mix well to coat the soya chunks with the slurry.
Cook for few minutes till the slurry gets slightly dried up. Switch off the stove.
Take out the Chilli Soya Nuggets in a plate and serve it by garnishing with Spring Onion Greens.
Notes
While preparing Soya Chilli, I have marinated Soyabean with Gram Flour (Besan). You can replace it with Corn Flour. However Besan is healthier than Corn Flour.
I have used Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder to give a reddish colour to the recipe. If you want you can skip it.
The Soya Chunks can either be deep fried or shallow fried. The taste will remain the same.
To prepare Chilli Soya Gravy, add more amount of Corn Flour paste.
Onion and Capsicum should be kept little raw while frying. It enhances the flavour of the recipe.
While marinating the Soya Chunks, add Salt as required since we have already added it while soaking the Soya Chunks.