Veg Keema with Soya – How to Cook in Microwave

Enjoy the taste of a non-veg food while still remaining 100% vegetarian. Soya beans can you give you the taste of a non-veg dish, if used appropriately. A wide variety of items can be made with soya, giving you an array of options to choose. Veg keema is one such dish cooked specifically with soya. Cook soya with onions and tomatoes with a careful selection of spices, and you are done with the recipe of soya keema. Here is a microwave version of the recipe.

Ingredients

• Soya: 1 cup (soaked in water)
• Onions: 2-3 (chopped)
• Tomatoes: 2
• Turmeric Powder: ½ teaspoon
• Red Chili Powder: 1 teaspoon
• Garam Masala Powder: 1 teaspoon
• Curd: ¼ cup (whipped)
• Oil: 2 teaspoons
• Salt: to taste

Spices to Make a Paste

• Green Chili: 2
• Ginger: ½ inch long
• Garlic: 5 flakes
• Cumin Seeds: 1 teaspoon
• Coriander Powder: 1 teaspoon
• Aniseeds (Saunf): 1 teaspoon
• Coriander Leaves: 1 fist

Method

1. Take the oil and chopped onions in a bowl.
2. Put the bowl in the oven and heat at micro high for 3-4 minutes.
3. Keep stirring.
4. Make a paste of all the spices – green chilies, ginger, garlic, cumin seeds, coriander powder, aniseeds and coriander leaves.
5. Cut tomatoes in fine pieces and add it to the mixture of spices.
6. Grind to make a paste of tomatoes and spices and add it to the fried onions.
7. Heat the mixture at micro high for 2 minutes.
8. Now mix in it whipped curd, turmeric powder, red chili powder, garam masala powder and salt.
9. Heat the mixture again at micro high for 2 minutes.
10. Take soya chunks out of water and squeeze to remove water.
11. Add soya to the mixture of spices.
12. Add a little water also and heat at micro 450 for 5 minutes.
13. Soya keema is ready. Garnish it with coriander leaves.