चुंला (chula) is a newari dish, usually made of minced buffalo meat. The recipe here is suitable for people who do not eat meat i.e. for vegetarian as well as vegans.
Best ingredient that I found out for cooking this particular dish is soya-powder. Soya-powder is similar in texture like soya-balls (soya-puff) or masyaura (मस्यौरा) in Nepali but just that it is in powder form. So, basically all you have to do is substitute the Soya-powder in place of minced-meat. Though the procedure differs a bit.
Ingredients:
Soya-powder
Onion
Tomato
Green chilly
Coriander or धनिया
Vegetable oil
Garlic
Ginger
Cumin powder
Turmeric powder
Garam masala
Chilli powder
Procedure:
Note: this recipe is not perfect as it doesnot mention about the quantity of any ingredients, but regular cook can figure them out. But anyways I will update it as soon as possible with the quantities of ingredients required.
P.S. Soya-powder is made up of soya-beans, which is a very high-protein beans, so this dish is as protein-rich as non-veg version. Infact, even more than that, but it just does not have some essential amino-acids that we get from animal-derived proteins. Nevertheless, it does not have any saturated fats (which we get only from animal-derived fats), so a healthier one than the non-veg version. :-)
Thank you! Eat vege! Eat healthy! Provide feedback.
regards.
Ingredients:
Soya-powder
Onion
Tomato
Green chilly
Coriander or धनिया
Vegetable oil
Garlic
Ginger
Cumin powder
Turmeric powder
Garam masala
Chilli powder
Procedure:
- Soak the soya-powder in warm/hot water to rehydrate it for about 5 mins, then drain off the excess water by pressing with your hand. (better done in batches as to how much soaked soya-powder mix, your hand can accomodate at one time)
- Gently fry these drained soya-powder (now looks like batter) in vegetable oil in medium heat for about 10 mins, then put it aside in a bowl.
- Chop onions and tomatoes into small pieces and put them separately.
- Gently fry the onions first in vegetable oils for few mins, after which add crushed garlic and ginger and some turmeric powder, then stir the mixture with a cooking spoon.
- Add the fried soya-powder in the pan and fry gently in medium-high heat now.
- After some time, add Cumin powder, Garam masala, Chilli powder and green chillies.
- After cooking for some time, finally add tomatoes and cook now by covering the pan with a lid, and keep on stirring the food in short intervals.
- After when the tomatoes looks cooked, add some water to make the food look gravy and then add coriander leaves (cutting with kitchen-scissors) to give some aroma.
- Serve it as a main side-dish (तरकारी) with rice (भात) or bitten-rice (च्युरा)
Note: this recipe is not perfect as it doesnot mention about the quantity of any ingredients, but regular cook can figure them out. But anyways I will update it as soon as possible with the quantities of ingredients required.
P.S. Soya-powder is made up of soya-beans, which is a very high-protein beans, so this dish is as protein-rich as non-veg version. Infact, even more than that, but it just does not have some essential amino-acids that we get from animal-derived proteins. Nevertheless, it does not have any saturated fats (which we get only from animal-derived fats), so a healthier one than the non-veg version. :-)
Thank you! Eat vege! Eat healthy! Provide feedback.
regards.
