Soya Chaap Masala is a tasty and delicious curry made with home-made soya chaaps. This curry tastes absolutely lip-smacking with some hot ghee smeared chapatis.
Soya Chaap Masala
Soya chaap is chaap sticks made with soybean dal flour and is widely used in South Asian cooking. Normally the chaaps are marinated in yogurt and spices and cooked in tandoor, served as an appetizer, basically a replacement of meat protein for vegetarians.
I made the soya chaaps at home as we don’t get them here. I have used two methods and will share them both below. You may choose whichever way you’d want to make the chaap.
Ingredients needed for Soya Chaap Masala
- Soya bean flour-It is easily available in Asian grocery shops.
- All-purpose flour-Helps in binding the cheap and give them a chewy texture.
- Tomato-Fresh or canned tomatoes.
- Onions-Thinly sliced red onions.
- Ginger -Garlic-Make a paste of fresh ginger and garlic or simply pound it in pestle and mortar.
- Spices-Minimal spices like turmeric, coriander, red chilli, and garam masala are used.
- Whole spices-Cinnamon stick, bay leaves, black cardamom, and few cloves.
- Oil for deep frying
- Coriander leaves-Adds a nice flavor to the dish.
How to make Soya Chaap Masala?
First of all, in a mixing bowl add soya flour and maida and knead the soy dough. Roll the dough into chapati size, cut strips and roll them on ice cream sticks. While making the sticks, keep a big pot of water for boiling.
Once all the chaap sticks are done, add them in boiling water and cook for 3-4 minutes. Drain immediately into ice-cold water. Let them set in the freezer on a baking tray. Store in freezer-friendly zip locks and they stay for months.
When cooking the soya chaaps, after boiling them in water, deep fry them in oil until golden and crispy from both sides.
Now make the gravy base by cooking sauteing ginger-garlic, onions and tomato into desired consistency gravy. Add the fried soya chaaps in it and make the masala gravy.
Finally add lots of coriander leaves, serve and enjoy.
Serving Suggestions and Variations
Serve the soya chaap masala with chapati, paratha or naan bread. You could also make soya chaap biryani and serve it with raita.
For variations you could make tawa chaap, malai chaap and chaap korma. I will be posting the recipes for the same real soon.
Looking for more such main course recipes to get some ideas for your lunch and dinner ideas? Do not miss my Malai Kofta and Mixed Veg Curry and the best one’s Veg Layered Biryani.
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Soya Chaap Masala
Equipment
- Rolling Board
- Rolling Pin
- Saucepan
Ingredients
- 2 cups soya flour
- 1/4 cup maida/all-purpose flour
- 2 onions thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon ginger-garlic lightly pounded
- 3 to matoes chopped
- 2 green chillies chopped
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3-4 cloves
- 1 black cardamom
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- oil for deep frying
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- salt to taste
- 1/4 cup coriander leaves chopped
- water as required
Instructions
Make Soy Chaap
- In a mixing bowl add soya flour and maids. Mix well and knead a smooth dough using enough water.
- Roll the dough into a medium thick round circle. Cut thin strips out of it.
- Now roll the strips overlapping on ice lolly sticks. Or alternatively, roll them into pinwheel shape.
- Now bring a pot of water to boil. Add the shaped soya chaaps into the boiling water. Cook for 5-7 minutes and transfer them into cold water.
Fry The Chaaps
- Heat oil for deep frying in a pan and deep fry the sit chaaps until golden and crispy from all sides.
- Drain on paper towel and set aside.
Make the Chaap gravy
- Heat a tablespoon of oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and pound ginger and garlic. Saute for 2-3 minutes.
- Add whole spices and stir. Now add the onions and cook until golden in color.
- Once onions are golden add green chillies and chopped tomatoes.
- Stir and add turmeric powder, garam masala, red chilli powder, coriander powder, and salt to taste.
- Mix well and cook until tomatoes are soft and oil comes out from it.
- Finally add fried soya chapps, mix, and add 1/2 cup of water.
- Simmer and cook until the desired thickness of the gravy is achieved.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and enjoy.
- Serve warm with naan bread, paratha or chapati.
Video
Notes
- Make sure to not touch the soya chaap in the starting while they are frying.
- Adjust the spices as per your taste.
- You may also use pureed tomatoes and onions instead of chopped.
Nutrition
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I had seen a couple of soy chaap recipes that looked incredibly difficult. Your recipe seems so simple and gives me courage to try it. The gravy looks a million-dollar too
Such an delicious and inviting dish. I have never had soya chaap before but it sounds very interesting. Will have to try this out some time soon.
What a beautiful sight of Soya chaap masala. I am drooling over the pics. It’s my favorite dish.
Thank you for the easy recipe Sapana.
I love soya chaap and your photos are so tempting. I am so hungry after reading your post. Can’t wait to make it soon.
Soya Chaap Masala Looks so creamy and delicious. Perfect side dish for chapati or rice. Thanks for the detailed recipe.
What a gorgeous side dish to pair with any Indian flat bread or even rice… I love the recipe as you made it from scratch..
Interesting recipe Sapana, have not heard of soya chaap. However, its seems quite easy to prepare the chaap at home. A protein rich curry, that looks very tempting.
I absolutely dislike the soya chunks that we buy from stores. I love this recipe to make them at home and it is so simple as well. I have to make this very soon. Thanks for sharing.
Love the creamy texture of soya chaap masala…drooling over the pics!! Interesting recipe…will have to try your version sometime…Thanks for sharing!!
The soya chaap masala looks scrumptious. It’s so creamy, lip-smacking, and perfect to pair with rotis.
The soya chaap masala seems to have a much creamy texture…Interesting recipe as I have not tried my hand with this yet.
Thanks for sharing!!
Homemade soya chaap is so beautiful, and this creamy, delicious and packed with goodness curry is sounded so good!
This quick version of soya Chaap Masala is so delicious and I love that your videos walks me through the steps!
That looks really simple to make, and with so much delicious flavor. And awesome that you added a video too!
This looks so delicious and flavorful! I would normally be intimidated by the idea of making a dish like this from scratch but your recipe makes it sound so simple!
Wow, your soya chaap recipe is so much more simple than others that I’ve seen! Thanks for sharing!
This is new to me so thanks for posting. I love to learn of new foods, where they come from and how to make them.
I’ve never heard of this dish before, but I’m excited that I came across it. It looks delicious, creamy, and such a comfort meal. Can’t wait to try it.
Your Soya Chaap Masala looks absolutely delicious, I didn’t know you could make your own soya chaap – definitely need to try this. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
I had never heard of soya chaap but it sounds worth a try, and that sauce looks fabulous.
I have never heard of soya chaap masala, but, your dish looks absolutely delicious. I need to try it.
Oh my! This Soya chaap marsala was so amazing. I served it with naan and it turned out great.
This is such a flavorful recipe! I love how your broke down how to make the soya chaaps from scratch in your video too!
Thank you so much for the video! I love making foods from other ethnicities, but I’m so nervous about messing it up. The video was key and my soya chaap masala turned out fabulous!
You had me at fresh ginger and garlic paste made from scratch! Please pass on the rice, I’d be eating too much of this soya chaap masala!
I’ve never tasted soya chaap but this curry looks fantastic. I’d love to try it! On my to make list!
This soya chaap masala looks amazing. I have never cooked a soya curry before, but now I’m inspired to make one! Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful recipe.
What a delicious curry to try with flatbread. Can’t wait to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing
The soya chaap masala looks so creamy and luscious. Perfect to pair with some hot rotis or naan.
This Soya Chaap Recipe looks so amazing. Thank you so much for the recipe.