Soyabean Egg Casserole – Tribune Online

Soybean egg casserole is a delicious, nutritious and wholesome meal which is easy to make; just combine everything and bake; in 30 to 40 minutes, your filling comforting and tasty meal is ready especially if you have the ingredients like boiled soybean ready in advance.

Casserole is a variety of a large, deep pan or bowl used for cooking a variety of dishes in the oven; it is also a category of foods cooked in such a vessel. And soybean egg casserole is a protein-packed casserole meal enriched with protein and vitamins.

You can also use bell peppers, capsicum or any vegetable of your choice. And topping depends on your choice. You can use sliced onion or tomato for topping.

Soybeans are high in protein and a decent source of carbs and fat as well as various vitamins, minerals and beneficial plant compounds while eggs are one of the few foods that should be classified as “superfoods,” loaded with nutrients, some of which are rare in the modern diet; excellent source of protein with a single large egg containing six grams of it.

To make this casserole you have to boil overnight soaked soybean and a peeled and chopped potato first, after boiling, mash well, then, grind the semolina, suji or any flour with curd or yogurt. Use everything in room temperature. Milk should be lukewarm. Add seasoning according to your taste. If you are using flour then no need to grind, just mix with all the other ingredients.

Recipe

Soyabean – 1/2 cup

Egg – 4-5

Potato – 1 medium

Sweet corn – 1/2 cup

Onion – 1, finely chopped

Garlic – 4 cloves, finely chopped

Green chilli – 1, finely chopped

Olive oil – 4 tablespoon

Semolina or suji – 3/4 cup

Curd or yogurt – 1/2 cup

Milk – 1/2 cup

Pizza sauce – 3 heaped tablespoon

Salt – 1&1/2 teaspoon or to taste

Black pepper powder – 1 teaspoon or to taste

Baking powder – 1 teaspoon

Oregano – 1 teaspoon

Dried basil – 1/2 teaspoon

Cheese cube – 2-3, grated

For topping

Onion green – 1, chopped

Pickled Jalapeno

Olive slices

Sweet corn

Grated cheese

Method

1. Rinse the soybean well and soak it in sufficient water overnight.
2. Peel and chop the potato roughly.
3. Grease a baking dish with oil.
4. Drain the water and rinse the soybean again. Cook in a pressure cooker with roughly chopped potato and 2 cup water. After 1 whistle reduce the heat. Pressure cook on simmer for 25-30 minutes or till soybean becomes soft. Let the pressure settle down on its own.
5. Open the pressure cooker and cook again till all the moisture evaporate if any. Take out the boiled soybean and potato in a plate or bowl. Mash with potato masher or with hand.
6. Finely chop 1 onion, 4 garlic and 1 green chilli. You can add more garlic and green chilli if you like.
7. Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan. Add garlic and fry for a few seconds. Add finely chopped onion and green chilli. Fry till onion becomes brown. Remove from heat and let it cool down.
8. In a large bowl whisk the eggs with a wire whisker. You can add 1-2 more eggs if you want. If you are using more eggs then reduce the amount of milk. Batter should be thick but flowing. Just like cake batter.
9. Grind semolina or suji in your mixer grinder. Add curd and blend again. Take out the mixture and mix with whisked eggs.
10. Add salt, black pepper powder, oregano, dried basil leaves, 2 tablespoons of oil, pizza sauce, fried onion, garlic, green chilli and milk. Milk should be room temperature or lukewarm. Also, add mashed soybean and potato. Mix everything well.
11. Add baking powder and whisk everything well with a wire whisker. Add sweet corn and grated cheese. I have used cheese cubes. You can use cheddar, mozzarella or any cheese. Mix well. I have used frozen sweet corn. You can also use boiled sweet corn.
12. Preheat the oven at 180° and for OTG preheat at 200°.
13. Pour the batter in greased baking dish. Spread grated cheese. I used cheddar and mozzarella mixed cheese. You can use mozzarella or any cheese. Sprinkle onion green, pickled Jalapeno, olive slices and sweet corn all over it.
14. Bake in preheated oven for 35-40 minutes or top of the casserole becomes brown. Slice and serve warm.

Additional notes

1. You can add as much cheese as you like.
2. Any flour can be used instead of semolina or suji. If you are using flour then no need to grind.
3. You can use any seasoning instead of Italian herbs. You can also use Indian spices if you want.
4. You can use bell peppers, capsicum or any vegetable of your choice.

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