Subzi: Mixed Vegetable With Soya Subzi

Sounds lame, no? Mixed vegetable usually means you have several small amounts of different subzis in the house which on their own will amount to nothing so you throw them all in together and voila! A ridiculous, average tasting mash of veggies is ready for dinner!

I have been down that road before.

Then one day, I came back home from a longish trip and peeped into the veggie tray in the fridge. Zilch. Just green chillies. One measly looking capsicum. Some green peas in an airtight container. One large potato and garlic on the kitchen rack. And the french beans I picked up from the store on my way home, a small pack of baby corn. No onion, no ginger, no fresh coconut but a teensy pack of that dessicated stuff, no coriander, no tomato. Some soya granules that I had been procrastinating about.

I was about to weep.

Then a friend called to say she tried something from this blog and the whole family loved it. The recipe she was talking about, was mine. Something I had come up with. Simple, no nonsense Dal Tamatar Palak. Which reminded that I did know how to make up my own recipes. No biggie that. So I wiped my crocodile tears and made this.

And the man tasted it. He said it's nice, not very nice. I usually look for his approval, he is my official taster for Bake You! and he was going to take it to office. But that day, I ate a spoon of this subzi and loved it so so much that I decided that for a day, I'd be my own taster. No man approval required. I told him he'd have to adjust for a day. The man being the awesome man, settled.

So make this. Because when the man came home that evening, he said "the sample size I tasted in the morning was too small - but this subzi was so gorgeous, I ate it all up alone". It made me happy, but well, I knew :) Sometimes, you must know who you are. Inside out.

Name: Mixed Vegetable With Soya Subzi
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Time: 20 minutes
Source: Me :)
Serves: 2 moderately hungry people

You need:

1 big potato, thinly cubed
5-6 baby corns, chopped into rounds
A small fistful of green peas
10-15 french bean stalks, chopped fine
1 small capsicum
1 cup soya granules
6-7 cloves of garlic, crushed (NOT chopped)
1 big green chilli, finely chopped


1 tsp mustard / rai / sarson seeds
1 tsp cumin / jeera seeds
1/4 tsp methi dana / fenugreek seeds
1 tbsp urad dal, skinless
2 tbsp dessicated coconut
1/2 tsp hing / asafoetida
1 tsp jeera / cumin powder
1 tbsp dhania / coriander powder

Salt to taste
2 tbsp ghee

Here's how you make it:

- Heat some ghee in a pan. When hot, throw in urad dal and methi dana. Once golden brown, add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, hing, green chillies. Fry about. DO NOT add garlic now coz it will char and we don't want that. When the seeds pop, add the potatoes. Fry about on low flame, cover and cook for 3-4 mins.

- Open, add a 1/2 cup of water and salt. Add beans, soya granules, peas, baby corn, capsicum, garlic. Cover and cook for 7-8 minutes.

- Open, stir, add the cumin powder, coriander powder. Adjust salt if necessary. Add dessicated coconut now and stir well. Cover and cook for another 3-4 minutes with some more water if you want it slightly moist. Serve hot with rotis. Thank me later :)