Soya Gravy

Take a cup of soy nuggets and put them in boiling water for 2 minutes until the nuggets are puffed up.

Let them sit for 5 minutes, then rinse them well, drain them, and cut into very fine pieces or they can be minced well using a blender.

Take care not to make them into a paste, just one or two pulses in the blender will be fine.

Chop the onions and tomato into small pieces.

Heat a pan with 2 teaspoons of oil.

When the oil is hot enough, put the fennel seeds, cinnamon stick, cloves, red chilies, coriander seeds and let them fry for a minute until good smell comes from the spices.

Then add the chopped onions, tomato, ginger-garlic paste and sauté them along with the spices for a few minutes until the onions turn brown, then switch off the stove and let them cool.

When the mixture is cool enough, grind it into smooth paste.

In the same pan, add another teaspoon of oil, add the ground paste and fry for a minute.

Then add the minced soya nuggets, some salt to taste with ½ cup of water and cook closed under medium flame for 10 minutes until it turns thicker into a gravy consistency.

Garnish with curry leaves and serve hot with rotis