Cooking Pleasures: Tofu Masala Curry

This was my today's breakfast.Two pulkas,2 tomato slices with Tofu curry.Sounds healthy! Yeah :-) It is said that, always breakfast should be heavier than lunch and dinner.Lunch should be more than dinner in amount and dinner should be less or lighter than previous two.Always the breakfast should contain more carbohydrates to give a good kick for rest of the day.Breakfast like chapathis,parotha,idli or fruits always preferable.Here I gave chinese touch to the indian tofu curry, which can go well with chapathis and rice.Here comes the recipe.

Ingredients:
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1 lb firm tofu (sliced into small cubes)
3 meduim sized tomatoes (cut into long thin slices)
1 meduim size onion (cut into long thin slices)
1 capsicum (cut into thin slices)
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp garam masala powder
2 to 3 green chillies (slit into long)
2 tsp red chilli powder (can decrease as per spice required)
1/4 tsp soya sauce
1 to 2 tsp corn flour
1 cup water
1 tsp turmeric powder
2 to 3 tsp oil
Salt as per required
1/2 cup coriander leaves

Method:
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Heat oil in a pan add cumin seeds.Once they start spluttering add onions and fry till light brown.Before onions starts turning light brown add tofu and fry for till they also turn light brown on all sides.Then add capsicum and fry They should be little crunchy.
Now add all masalas one after the other.Ginger garlic paste,turmeric powder,red chilli powder,coriander powder,garam masala powder and salt.
Mix well all the ingredients and allow to cook to medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes.
Then add tomotoes and 1 cup of water, soysauce and mix well.Allow to cook on med heat untill tomatoes become soft.
Now to make gravy thick add corn flour as required i.e., 1 or 2 tsp.Not more than that. Because the flavour changes.
Finally add coriander and mix well and remove from the heat.

Note: Spices can vary , more or less a/c to your choice. Tofu is good for health if they are cooked as it is with out deep frying also taste good too.

Labels: breakfast, curries, curry, firm tofu, indo chinease curry, tofu, tofu curry, tofu masala curry, vegetable, vegetable dishes

Posted by Meena Kandlakuti on Monday, August 21, 2006 at 12:57 PM | Permalink

Hi Meena,

I just stocked up on tofu and was looking around for some new ideas -- will try this out for sure :)

Posted by Anonymous | August 22, 2006 4:25 AM

Hi meena,
This is the first time iam visiting ur blog. The tofu masala curry looks interesting with a chinese touch. I have always used tofu in my cooking and was looking for varieties. thanks for sharing the recipe

Posted by Prema Sundar | August 22, 2006 5:49 AM

To
Linda and prema sunder,

thank you for going through this recipe.Hope you will like this.Do tell me when you cook.I need your feedback:-)Happy cooking.

Posted by Meena Kandlakuti | August 22, 2006 9:25 AM

Hi MEENA,
Tofu is good source of healthy ingredient.
Thanks for sharing a beautiful recipe.
Vineela

Posted by Vineela | August 22, 2006 10:15 AM

Hi Meena,
For the First time i bought tofu from Indian stores. For the recipes , I looking into websites with the help of google. I found your recipe. I tried it , and it is real, real good and tasty. The recipe was excellent and easy. It goes nice with rotti's and chapathi's.
I love cooking. I prepare non-veg & veg very good dishes. Can i share some of my recipes wi th u .
Thank's
Padmini Seshendra

Posted by Anonymous | December 12, 2007 10:08 PM