Dragon Soya Chunks

Another trial of this weekend, Dragon Soya Chunks! The name has an impact, and this is how I tried my first Dragon dish, Dragon Chicken of course. There is nothing so different about this dish than its other Chinese counter parts. It resembles Chilly or Kung pao in many ways; Almost a middle ground between them.

Again, my weekends in Bangalore are now a days on pure veg cooking and my pantry has one big bag of soya chunks sitting idle for a week. I love soya and all its products like anything. So this one again for my love for Soya and healthy protein intake, yes with a little of frying here are there is fine :)

The way to pacify my heart while taking fried foods :D

I am a follower of Emi wong fitness channel, and figured out there is another Soya product called Tempe. It looks like a combination of Tofu filled with soya chunks or beans. Anyway, I m not sure when Indian market would have that. I would be the first one to go and try then for sure.

The way she was explaining actually made me drool, it looked so tempting. If you guys want to see, you can search for Emi wong and "what she eats in a day" video. I am a great fan of her, for her exercises, and of course the motivation from her own story.

Ingredients

To fry
Soya chunks - 1 cup
Corn flour - 1/4 cup
All purpose flour - 1 tbsp
Pepper crushed - 1/2 tsp
Soy sauce - 2 tsp
Green chilly sauce - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Veg Oil for shallow fry

Gravy

Sesame oil - 1 tbsp
Olive oil - 1 tsp
Veg oil - 1 tsp
Red chilly split - 3
Ginger chopped - 1 inch piece
Garlic chopped - 10 pods
Green chilly slit - 3
Peanuts - 10
Onion diced - 1/4 cup
Capsicum sliced - 1/2 of a big one
Coriander leaves chopped
Tomato sauce - 2 tbsp
Soya sauce - 2 tsp
Chilly sauce - 1 tsp
Thai sweet chilly sauce - 1 tbsp
Pepper crushed - 1 tsp
Water - 2 tbsp
Salt to taste

Method:

Soak soya chunks in hot water with a little salt and 1 lemon squeezed. After 30 mins squeeze out the water from soya chunks and mix with all ingredients under "to fry" except oil.

Pour oil in pan and shallow fry the soya chunks until golden.

In remaining oil, pour sesame and olive oil. Add red chillies, garlic and ginger and saute for a min. Now add onions, green chillies, peanuts and cook till onion is translucent. Add capsicum and saute for a minute. Now add all sauce, pepper crushed and salt. Add water and bring to a boil. Now add fried soya chunks and give it a good mix. Add coriander leaves chopped and dragon soya chunks is ready.

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