Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Soya Thongba - A Manipuri Dish

Soya Thongba

Soya Thongba is a delicious curry made of soya chunks & veggies that are simmered in milk. This Manipuri recipe is a replica of dish "Sana Thongba", In which I replaced paneer with soya chunks & rest remained the same. This curry is creamy, spicy & yummy in taste. 
Soya Thongba
Prep Time-10mins | Cook Time-20mins | Serves-2people
Adapted From: Open Challenge to Plastic Fast Food!
Ingredients 
1Medium onion chopped 
1Big potato diced 
1Cup soya chunks {meal maker}
1/4Cup green peas
1Tbs ginger garlic paste
1/2Tsp turmeric
1&1/2Cup milk
2Green chili's sliced 
1Tsp cumin 
1Tbs oil
Salt to taste
Soya Thongba

Directions
- Heat pan with oil. To that add cumin & fry it till it turns light brown. 
- Add onion to pan along with ginger garlic paste. 
- Saute them till onions turn soft. 
- Add soya chunks, potatoes & green peas to pan. Saute them for few seconds. 
- To the same pan add turmeric & enough salt. Fry them for 1min on medium heat. 
- Add milk to pan & close it with a lid.
- Cook on low heat with a lid till gravy gets little thick. 
- Remove lid & add green chili's to gravy. Allow gravy to become thick. Adjust salt & spice if needed. Switch off heat. 
- Garnish with coriander leaves & serve warm with rice & roti.
Note
- Replace soya chunks with paneer. 
- Author used water instead of 1/2 cup milk. The gravy will be richer if it is cooked in milk rather than water. 
- To avoid milk spilling cook gravy with lid till it gets thicker. 
- I haven't pre cooked soya chunks in this dish. Cooking them directly in the gravy will help soya to absorb the flavor.
- If using paneer, saute paneer till it turns slight brown.
Soya Thongba
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18 comments:

  1. That surely is an interesting recipe from Manipur..love that bowl and clicks.

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  2. interesting recipe .. yummy clciks..

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  3. Wow! Looks colorful besides being nutritious.

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  4. Wow valli, that is so healthy of you to replace paneer with soy, though nutrition wise both are good. A definite try recipe!!

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  5. Delicious healthy curry! Even I made from that site. Wish I had also picked a veg recipe.

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  6. Very different and quite a nutritious soya thongba, hard to resist.

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  7. Interesting substitution. Your bowls and pictures are really nice.

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  8. well substituted!!! another nutritious one with soya!!

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  9. soya is a lovely variation of the sana thongba.. looks great

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  10. Looks absolutely delicious. Love the snaps so much...

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  11. That soy chunks curry looks delicious.

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  12. manipur seems to like milk based dishes a lot..looks good

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  13. Interesting way to cook with soy chunks.

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  14. Nice pick and using soya chunks for thongba sounds interesting and inviting...

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  15. delicous I dont like soya chunks but love what you have here. I want to try it out. Did not the milk curdle when boiled?

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  16. wow you have made a very healthy thonga by substituting soya nuggets :) looks very tempting dear !!

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  17. Very different recipe.Nice variation to use Soya!

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