Soya Bhurji Recipe

An easy soya granules recipe, this Soya bhurji also known as Nutrela Bhurji is a delicious and spicy dry sabji made with soya granules. Serve it for dinner or breakfast with as a side dish or as a sandwich or paratha stuffing. It’s delicious, healthy and high protein vegan option.

If you are looking for a dry curry recipe that is low in calories, nutritious and can be eaten with chapatis or Naan this spicy scrambled soya chunk is a quick and delicious option for adding a lot of protein.

Today in the Heart Healthy Cooking with LG microwave, I am sharing with you soya granules bhurji recipe in microwave. This is by far most easy and the simplest recipe you can make with soy.

I find that microwave cooking is very easy, mess-free way to cook certain dishes. Till now most of the people thought that microwave is not suitable for Indian cooking.

And that is why we are bringing you these super healthy Indian recipes that you can cook in Microwave. You can check out more tasty and healthy Indian dishes recipes in the microwave towards the end of this post.

What Is Soya Chunks or Soya Granules

Soya chunks are textured vegetable protein (TVP). Also known as textured soy protein (TSP) it is a good vegetarian protein option. It is a defatted soy flour by-product of extracting soybean oil from soya bean.

How Can you Use Soy Chunks or Granules

Soy chunks are easy and quick to cook. You can add them as a meat replacement in most of the recipes. It is a rich protein option for vegetarians however soya granules are not Keto because they contain a significant amount of carbs as well.

You can use soya chunks or granules in making soya chunks curry, or add them in various pulao, stir-fries. You can also make Soya chunks cutlets. Basically, any recipe where you use keema/minced meat can be made for vegetarians or vegans with soya.

Coming back to Soya granules bhurji, it is a spicy scrambled soya bean chunks. Some people prefer to call it soya granules keema. I prefer to call it bhurji as this has slightly dry texture like Indian dry scrambles. Keema curry, in my opinion, has a semi-solid creamy consistency. I make that recipe differently.

Ingredients you Need

You need very few ingredients for making soy bhurji.

Soya granules/nutrela granules

Vegetables - Onion, tomatoes, bell peppers or/and Peas

Olive oil

Basic spices and herbs - cumin seeds, salt, red chilli, turmeric powder, garam masala, ginger, green chillies.

Garnishes - Coriander, lime juice, pomegranate

How to Make Soya Bhurji

Soak soya granules in salted hot water.

For cooking it in the microwave, First I make a tempering of cumin seeds with ginger and green chillies. [photos 1,2,3,4] 

For exact steps check out the recipe card below.

Next step is making a basic onion tomato and a capsicum masala. For that In the same bowl, I add in veggies, salt to taste, red chilli, garam masala powder and cook them. [photos 1,2,3]

Finally, I add in the soya granules which I already soaked in salted hot water and Finish cooking cycle and your delicious soya bhurji is ready. [photos 1,2,3]

Watch Video

For more clarity on texture and exact recipe looks at various stages I strongly recommend watching video below.

Recipe Notes and Tips

• Soak soya in salted water to avoid bland tasting sabji.
• You can make the same recipe without a microwave.
• To make it heart-healthy I used olive oil. You can use any unrefined oil of your choice or even ghee.
• If you do not have coloured bell peppers/capsicum you can use a single colour of capsicum. It will not affect the taste. But the colour of the sabji can change depending upon which coloured bell peppers you are using.

Other Microwave Recipes You Can Try

Masoor Dal Pulao in Microwave

Tandoori Gobhi

Corn and Potato Tikki

Tandoori Paneer Tikka

Stuffed Tomato in Microwave

DISCLAIMER : This is sponsored post in association with LG microwaves. However opinions and recipe is mine. 

Soya Bhurji Recipe

An easy spicy soya granules recipe, this Soya bhurji also known as Nutrela Bhurji is a delicious and spicy dry sabji made with soya granules. Serve it for dinner or breakfast with as a side or as a sandwich or paratha stuffing. It’s delicious, healthy and high protein vegan option.

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Course: curry, Side Dish

Cuisine: indian cuisine, north indian

Keyword: curry, soya, Soya granules

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Servings: 4

Calories: 94kcal

Author: Rekha Kakkar

Ingredients

• ¾ cup Soya granules
• 2 teaspoon Olive oil
• 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
• 1 green chillies - Finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon ginger Finely chopped
• ¼ cup onions Finely chopped
• ½ cup capsicum Finely chopped
• ¼ cup Chopped tomatoes chopped
• ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
• ½ teaspoon Chilli powder
• ½ teaspoon Garam masala
• ¼ teaspoon Salt to taste
• 1 tablespoon Finely chopped coriander - 1tbsp

Instructions

• Soak soya granules in hot water. Add salt while soaking to season it nicely.
• After 10 minutes squeeze out the granules to remove excess water.
• In a microwave-safe bowl add olive oil, cumin seeds, green chillies and mix them with oil.
• Now in your LG microwave select Healthy heart Menu, press number 10 and then press start.
• When microwave beeps take this bowl out of microwave.
• add in the finely chopped onion and capsicum tomatoes, turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala and salt.
• Quickly return the bowl in the Microwave and cook this veggie masala.
• When microwave beeps take this bowl out of the microwave.
• Add in soaked Soya granules along with ¼ cup of water, mix well and return the bowl quickly in the microwave.
• Finish cooking cycle and your delicious soya bhurji is ready.
• You can serve this protein-rich side dish is any meal, breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Video

Notes

• Soak soya in salted water to avoid bland tasting sabji.
• You can make the same recipe without a microwave.
• To make it heart-healthy I used olive oil. You can use any unrefined oil of your choice or even ghee.
• If you do not have coloured bell peppers/capsicum you can use a single colour of capsicum. It will not affect the taste. But the colour of the sabji can change depending upon which coloured bell peppers you are using.

If you are using any other microwave,

In a microwave-safe bowl add olive oil, cumin seeds, green chillies and mix them with oil.

Set timer for 3 minutes on medium power.

After the beep add in the finely chopped onion and capsicum tomatoes, turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala and salt.

Set timer for 8 minutes on medium power.

Now once again when microwave beeps, take out the bowl and add this cooked masala in cooked dal and rice mixture along with ½ cup of milk. Mix everything and place the bowl in the microwave once again.

Set timer for 5 minutes on medium power. 

Once microwave beeps your brown rice masoor dal pulao is ready.

(Cooking time in final step may vary as per exact medium power of your microwave, adjust for particular main ingredients used as per your microwave manual)

Nutrition

Calories: 94kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 212mg | Potassium: 91mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 675IU | Vitamin C: 27mg | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 3mg