Kitchen Superstar: Recipe of the week from Mumbai's hottest chef
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You can make soya chaap at home with the simplest of ingredients and spices, and it takes very little time to cook. It's a popular dish in north India and is best enjoyed with rumali roti, mint chutney and laccha pyaaz," shares Vikram Arora, chef-owner at an innovative Indian eatery, Tamak. His soya chaap tandoori harks to the bustling streets of Old Delhi, its supple flavours and inviting smokiness, making the starter apt for a celebratory occasion this festive season.
Ingredients
- 500 gm soya chaap
- 2 tablespoons green coriander (chopped)
- A sprinkle of chaat masala
- 1 tablespoon fresh cream
- 2 tablespoons of
- lemon juice
- 1/2 tablespoon
- melted butter
- Marination
- 4 tablespoons
- hung curd
- 2 tablespoons ginger paste and 1 tablespoon garlic paste
- 2 tablespoons Kashmiri chilli powder and 1/2 tablespoon deggi mirch powder
- 3/4 tablespoons jeera
- 1/4 tablespoons black salt, black pepper and garam masala each
- A sprinkle of kasuri methi
- 2 tablespoons
- mustard oil
- 1 tablespoon
- fresh cream
- 1/2 lemon (squeezed)
Instructions
- Wash the soya chaap
- and squeeze to remove excess water.
- In a mixing bowl, add
- all the ingredients of
- the marinade and whisk to form a smooth paste.
- Cover the soya
- chunks evenly with the marinade.
- Keep it aside for half an hour in the refrigerator.
- Once cooled, take the chunks out and bake in a pre-heated oven at 250 C (grill mode) for 10 minutes (5 minutes each side).
- Now, remove the soya chaap from the oven and cut it into small pieces of 1 inch each.
- Place the soya chunks in a mixing bowl and top it with chopped green coriander, chaat masala, fresh cream, lemon juice and melted butter over it.
- Give it a good stir and serve with mint chutney.
Hot tip: To get a brighter red colour, mix the mustard oil and Kashmiri chilli powder separately and then add it to the rest of the marinade
Soya tandoori chaap
Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
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