MEALMAKER WHITE CHICKPEAS CURRY/ SOYACHUNKS KABULICHOLE CURRY

MEAL MAKER or SOYACHUNKS, WHITECHICKPEAS or KABULICHOLE... These two ingredients are one of my most favorite items in the kitchen. These both ingredients are very rich in proteins, vitamins and minerals and are very good for health. I generally prepare pulao with soyachunks(recipe will update soon) and curry with tomatoes.. One day my husband asked me to prepare mealmaker curry with any additional ingredient which makes curry more healthy and tasty. Then i got an idea of adding KABULICHOLE to this dish. Prepared this combination and the result came out very well :)

Preparation time : 12 hours + Half an hour
Cooking time : 45 mins
Serves 2-3

INGREDIENTS 
1 cup soya nuggets or mealmaker
1 cup whitechickpeas or kabulichole
2 onions, diced into small pieces
3 tomatoes, diced into small pieces
2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
3 greenchillies, diced into slits
1 sprig curryleaves
Salt as per taste
1 tsp chillipowder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp chole masala powder (i added 1 tbsp, u can increase as per your choice)
3 tbsp oil

PREPARATION

• Take a cooking vessel and add suffiecient quantity of water and add soyachunks to it. Let it boil. Once it boils add pinch of salt to it. Off the stove and strain these soyachunks. Once it cools squeeze these soyachunks and keep aside.
• Soak the kabulichole for about 10-12 hours or overnight. Take a pressure cooker and add these soaked kabulichole, pinch of salt and suffiecient quantity of water and pressure cook for 8-10 whsitles.
• Dice onions, tomatoes and greenchillies into small pieces and slits, keep aside.
• Take 1 inch ginger piece and 6-10 garlic cloves, grind into fine paste.

 METHOD OF COOKING  

• Take a cooking vessel and add oil in it. Once the oil is heat add onions.
• Once the onions turns golden brown add greenchillies, curryleaves and ginger garlic paste. Let them fry until raw smell goes away.
• Add tomatoes. Let them cook until they turn soft and mushy.
• Add turmeric powder, chilli powder. Mix well.
• Add boiled soyachunks and boiled kabulichole. Mix well and leave it on medium flame for 5 mins, this improves the taste to the curry.
• Then add suffiecient quantity of water, mix well.
• Add salt and chole masala. Mix well and let it boil until gravy gets thickened.
• Serve hot with roti, naan, chapathi or pulka.

TIPS 

• U can add cashew-badam paste if you want creamy flavour and texture to the curry.
• U can add other spice powders i.e., coriander powder, jeera powder, garam masala powder etc., as per your choice.