Soya Pakoda

Ingredients 

• Soya chunks 2 cups
• Ginger garlic paste 1/2 spoon
• Cumin seed 1/4 spoon
• Turmeric powder a pinch
• Chilly powder a pinch
• Garam masala 1/4 spoon
• Mint leaves as per your taste
• Salt to taste
• Olive oil 5-6 spoon

Method: 

1. Soak soya chunks in warm water for 5-10 minutes.
2. Remove the water and chop the soya into small pieces.
3. Take a pan and pour 1 spoon olive oil.
4. Add ginger garlic paste.
5. Keep stirring in order to avoid the paste getting burned.
6. To this add turmeric powder,chilly powder after a minute. Add cumin seeds and garam masala powder to it and stir.
7. Add soya chunk to this and sprinkle some water to blend it well.
8. Remove the pan from fire..
9. Once this mixture cools down add mint leaves to this and make small balls with the mixture.
10. Take a pan and add 5 spoon olive oil.
11. Fry the soya mixture until it gets a brown colour.
12. Serve along with mint chutney.

Recipe by: Veena Jayan