Soy Cutlets or Kebabs - Rich in Protein
 
 
Ingredients
  • Soy chunks or textured soy protein- 2½ cups
  • Olive oil- 1 tbsp
  • Cloves, whole- 2
  • Cardamom, whole- 3
  • Cinnamon, whole- 2 inch slice
  • Bay leaf- 1
  • Whole black peppercorns- 6 to 7 or (use ½ tsp ground pepper)
  • Onion, chopped small- 1 large
  • Ginger-Garlic paste- 2 tsp
  • Coriander powder- 1½ tsp
  • Fennel powder- 2 tsp
  • Dalia flour or roasted chana dal flour- 2½ cups or depending on how much you need to make round shapes
  • Cilantro, chopped- ¼ cup
  • Salt- to taste
  • Oil- for shallow frying or deep frying
Instructions
  1. Cover soy chunks with water and soak it for 20 minutes. Don't soak it overnight.
  2. Soy chunks will absorb moisture and will have a sponge like texture after it's been soaked in water.
  3. Just before you add soy chunks to the pan, make sure to squeeze the water off.
  4. Place a large pan over medium heat.
  5. Add oil, let it turn hot.
  6. Add cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, bay leaf, whole peppercorns to the oil, saute for a few seconds.
  7. Add onion, little salt and saute till it turns translucent.
  8. Add ginger-garlic paste and saute for a couple of minutes.
  9. Squeeze the water off the soy chunks and add to the pan.
  10. Add coriander powder, fennel powder and salt, combine well.
  11. Cook covered for a few minutes.
  12. If it's too dry you could add little water to the pan and cook.
  13. Soy chunks will cook very fast.
  14. Open the lid and cook till all the water has dried off.
  15. Add cilantro and cook for a minute.
  16. Remove from the flame and let cool down.
  17. Add the mixture to the blender or food processor and grind it to a smooth constituency.
  18. You could add just enough water while grinding to get a smooth constituency, but don't add too much water.
  19. Transfer the ground soy mixture into a large bowl.
  20. If the cinnamon hasn't ground well, just discard that.
  21. Add dalia flour in small amounts to the soy mixture and combine.
  22. You should be able to form balls out of the ground mixture.
  23. If the mixture is wet, add more of the flour and combine.
  24. Have a taste and add more salt or ground pepper if needed.
  25. Make small balls out of the mixture and shape it into oval or round shape.
  26. You can make these balls way ahead and refrigerate it.
  27. Either deep fry the cutlets or shallow fry it, I shallow fried it.
  28. Heat oil in a skillet or frying pan, place the cutlets and shallow fry or deep fry till both sides have turned golden brown in color.
  29. Transfer to a paper towel and serve warm with ketchup or your favorite dippings.
Notes
•Make sure you don't add too much water while grinding the cooked soy chunks, if it gets too watery you need to add more flour to make the balls.
•Dalia flour is available at Indian stores, don't confuse it with besan or gram flour.
•Or buy roasted dalia and ground it into fine powder in a blender.
•Use these for making veggie burgers/sandwich or wrap in a pita bread, tortilla etc or just serve with salad.
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Wholesome Homemade Recipes at https://thasneen.com/cooking/soya-cutlets-or-kebab-rich-in-protein/