Soya Chunks Chili is another version of Indo Chinese dish. In this recipe, soaked and marinated soya chunks are cooked in hot and spicy sauce. So all the vegetarians out there, this one’s for you. In this blog I will be sharing the quick and easy recipe of Soya Chunks Chili. I’ve been making this dish more often during this lockdown due to unavailability of chicken. I serve this with Chowmein and my younger sister loves this Soya Chili a lot.

Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 3-4
Course: Starters/ Side Dish
Cuisine: Indo Chinese

Ingredients:
Soya Chunks 80g
Ginger 1 inch
Garlic 9-10 cloves
Green Chilies 4
Kashmiri Red Chili Powder 1 tsp
Black Pepper Powder 2 tsp
Soya Sauce 2 tsp
Red Chili Sauce 2 tsp
Green Chili Sauce 2 tsp
Tomato Ketchup 4 tbsp
Vinegar 2 tsp
Corn Flour 2 tbsp
Onion 1 large
Capsicum 1 medium
Chopped Corriander Leaves 1/4 cup
Water as required
Oil as required
Salt to Taste

Directions:

1. Soak the soya chunks in 1 liters of very hot water. Cover it and let it sit for 15 minutes. After drain the water and wash the soaked chunks under cold water. Then squeeze out excess water from the chunks. Keep it aside.
2. Take the garlic cloves, ginger and 2 chopped green chilies in a mortar. Sprinkle a pinch of salt and crush them with a pestal to get a paste. You will get 2 tbsp of ginger-garlic-chili paste.
3. Take a deep bowl, put 1 tbsp of ginger-garlic-chili paste into the bowl. Then add 1 tsp of soya sauce, 1 tsp of red chili sauce, 1 tsp green chili sauce, 1 tsp of vinegar, 2 tbsp of tomato ketchup and mix well. Then to that mix add 1 tsp of kashmiri red chili powder and 1 tsp of black pepper powder, mix till well incorporated. To this mix, add the soya chunks and toss well to coat with the marinate. Keep it into the frigde for 15 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, chop the onion and capsicum into large chunks for the sauce. Finely chop the remaining green chilies. Keep them aside.
5. Bring the marinated soya chunks out of the fridge. Sprinkle salt to taste and the cornflour to it and toss well to coat the chunks with the flour well. Then deep fry the marinated soya chunks in the oil till the chunks become crisp and brown.
6. Now lets’s make the sauce. Heat 2 tbsp of oil on medium high heat and saute the onion and capsicum for 2 minutes. Then add the chopped green chilies and remaining 1 tbsp of ginger-garlic-chili paste. Saute well for another 1 minute. Now add all the remaining sauces i.e. soy sauce, red chili sauce, green chili sauce, tomato ketchup and vinegar. Then add 1/4 cup of water or according to your liking. If you want more gravy add more water and cornflour slurry (water and cornflour mix) to get a thick sauce. Then to this sauce add the fried soya chunks, mix well and cook on medium heat for 2 minutes.
   Remove it from the heat. Garnish with chopped corriander leaves and serve the soya chunks chili hot with chowmein or fried rice or as a starter dish.