Instant Pot Soya Chunks Curry Recipe

Are you craving for something tangy, spicy and restaurant style? Then you’ve got to try this Instant pot soya chunks curry.

This dish is spicy, tangy and has a great flavour of peanuts and coconut. It is a great dish to have in your refrigerator as it goes very well with everything – rice, chapatis, dosa, idlis. I have been eating this curry with almost everything the past two days and and can’t wait to make my next batch again in few days.

This recipe is quite similar to my gutti vankaya kura recipe. I wanted to eat spicy gutti vankaya kura but did not have brinjals and so decided to make something similar. Since I had not done my grocery shopping yet and had no veggies I used soya chunks (meal maker) and they worked brilliantly.

It might look like there are lot of ingredients, but you can find most of these ingredients easily in most grocery stores. Once you get them and have it ready, the cooking process is very simple.

Lets talk about Ingredients substitutions now, because I find a lot of people don’t work with Indian spices and ingredients often. They don’t have them stocked in a regular basis and I get lot of questions on substitute options. These ingredients might be staple items in most Indian households, but not for others. So let me talk about few ingredients that might not be readily available in everybody’s house.

• Soya Chunks or meal maker-  is soy protein. It has a meat like texture and people mostly use it as a meat substitue. If you do not have soy chunks, you can do this recipe with this veggies instead. Good options would be – eggplants, small pearl onions (more than already mentioned in the recipe), bell peppers (cut in big chunks), jalepenos
• Pearl onions – just substitute it with chopped red onions
• Kashmiri chilly powder – Kashmiri chilly powder gives a nice color to the dish. You could use any chilly powder, chilly flakes or just green chillies.
• Tamarind – unfortunately I would suggest not skipping tamarind. But if you cant find it, add 2 more finely chopped tomatoes, preferably tart ones and finish it with some lemon juice at the end.
• Jaggery – sugar, maple syrup
• Curry leaves, mustard seeds – Cant think of a substitute. But you could definitely omit them.
• Peanuts – Just substitute it with 3 or 4 tbsp of peanut butter (ones without sugar or flavorings)

Hope this helps for people who find it difficult to make Indian recipes at home 🙂

This Instant pot soya chunks curry was a hit in our home.

I served it with some basmati rice and even my little one loved it. It is a great recipe to make when you are inviting friends over or a cold day when you crave for something spicy and tangy.

Do try this Instant pot soya chunks curry recipe and let me know how you liked it. A rating would be great. Just click on the stars rating in the recipe card!! Also share your pictures with me and tag #cookingwithpree in facebook or instagram.