Soya Chaap curry is a delicious vegetarian gravy dish made with soyabean chaaps cooked in a spicy masala. It is creamy , rich and very flavorful because soya chaap has the ability to absorb flavors from the gravy. Soya Chaaps are very popular in North India, specially Delhi. They are meat substitutes made with soya beans.
The texture and taste of soya chaap is very much like meat when prepared nicely, but its 100 percent vegetarian.
Ready made soya chaaps are easily available in supermarkets and grocery stores. However, the ready made chaaps are not always gluten free. It has plain flour ( maida ) as one of the ingredients.
Ingredients required :
Soya Chaap : I used ready made canned soya chaaps.
Ingredients for marination: Chaaps are marinated in butter, yogurt, chaat masala and salt for 20-30 minutes.
Whole Spices: Whole spices make the curry very aromatic. I used Bay leaf, cloves, black cardamom , green cardamom and cinnamon.
Tomato paste: For the base gravy, we will blend tomatoes with ginger, garlic , and green chillies.
Spice powders: Spices like turmeric, cumin powder, coriander powder, kasuri methi and garam masala will be required.
Other ingredients: Onion, salt , cream,tomato puree (optional) and fresh coriander leaves.
