Soya balls gravy or the meal maker gravy is a tempting and delicious side dish for the roti or chappathi. Soya balls or meal maker is rich in protein and good for health too. Those who do not eat non veg, go for this soya balls. Will update with step wise pictures soon.
How to make Soya balls gravy/Meal maker gravy
Ingredients
- Soya Balls – 2 cups
- Tomato – 2
- Onion – 2
- Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tsp
- Green Chillies – 2
- Fennel seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Star anise -2 to 3
- Cinnamom stick – 1 (crushed)
- Cardamom – 2
- Cloves – few
- Red Chilli powder – .5 to 1 tsp (adjust for your spiciness)
- Coriander powder – 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/6 tsp
- Garam Masala – 1/2 tsp
- Salt – as per taste
- Oil – 3 to 4 tsp
- Coriander leaves for garnishing
Method
- Wash the soya balls and soak in water for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Squeeze out the water fully and keep aside.
- Now grind the tomato and onion to a paste in a mixie or food processor and make it to a coarse paste.
- In a pan, add oil and above mentioned spices and fry for a minute.
- Add the green chillies.
- Now add in the grinded paste, ginger garlic paste and saute well, till the raw smell of onion and ginger garlic goes off.
- After that add in all the powders except garam masala.
- Now add the soya balls, salt and garam masala and allow to cook.
- If gravy becomes very thick, add little amount of water.
- When the oil starts floating on the top, switch off the stove and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve hot with any chappathi or roti or nan.
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This looks just so good and delicious!
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Looks so delicious…
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Yumm! have a great year ahead Akila–Loads of wishes n cheers ur way !
Wishing u a happy and prosperous new year to u and ur family..so inviting gravy..
Looks so inviting..
my favourite dish and it looks perfect..yummy..
Nice gravy! Looks really delicious and healthy!
delicious curry we make similar looks wonderful
never tried this before… this looks good..
Very healthy and tasty recipe.
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Aki, I am fan of ur clicks…….very healthy dish and good companion for rotis
wow, loving it. When you soya balls, do you mean those soya chunks that come in the brand of nutrella or rani or something like that?
Looks yummy
Looks so tempting….loved the recipe….
Good job Aks..looks rich n yummy
This is my favorite too…
Such a tasty looking dish with a wonderful and rich gravy.
Wow.. this is a meaty veg and looks inviting…
The gravy looks delicious alika. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Healthy dish! Happy New Year 2011!