Soya Chunk Chicken Curry

This is another yummy chicken curry. We love to have soya chunk. Then I thought an idea about using soya chunk to make chicken curry.

This combination works out well. This goes very well with steamed white rice, idli, dosa, chapatti, roti…

Ingredients

Soya Chunk – 1 ½ cups (Soaked)

Chicken – ½ kg

Chopped Onions – 1 ½ cup

Chopped Tomatoes – 1 cup

Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tsp

Chopped Coriander Leaves – 1 cup

Salt to taste

Oil – 2 tsp

For Dry Roast & Grind

Dry Red Chilli – 10

Coriander Seeds – 2 tsp

Fennel Seeds – 1 tsp

Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp

Peppercorn – ½ tsp

Cinnamon Sticks – 1

Cardamom – 2

Grated Coconut – 1/2

To Temper

Cardamom – 2

Cinnamon Stick – 1

Bay Leaf – 1

Curry Leaves – few

Method

In a pan dry roast all the ingredients which are under for “dry roast & grind” and saute it for few min and grind it as fine powder. Then keep it aside.

Wash and clean the chicken pieces and chop it into small pieces.

In a kadai, heat oil. Add the ginger garlic paste and saute it for few sec.

Then add chopped onions and fry till it becomes slight golden brown in color.

Now add Soaked soya chunk and saute it well with little salt.

Now add chopped chicken pieces and fry well.

Add few curry leaves and mix well. Then add tomato pieces and close the lid. Let it cook till it becomes mushy.

Add required to water to cook till the chicken pieces becomes tend and soft.

Now add Ground masala to curry and mix well. Then keep cook continuously till the chicken gets soft.

In a pan, heat oil. Add the tempering ingredients one by one, and saute it for few sec. Then add this into curry.

Serve with hot steamed rice/roti…