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Monday, August 21, 2006

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 at 12:57 PM | Permalink | Comments

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Tofu Burji

Tofu is a source of high protien.Especially firm Tofu contains more protien ratio than other forms of Tofu.This can be taken in any form and can be added into any of your dishes.This recipe Tofu Burji, i learned from my brother.He is also a good cook.I do take some tips about cooking from him apart from my mother and mother-in-law.I think men cook equally good as us.:-)

This dish is already common for many of us.This is my version of recipe.Hope you will all enjoy.In future I will add some more intresting and tasty recipes with Tofu.

Ingredients:
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1lb firm tofu (remove excess water from it by pressing it firmly.

Crush the tofu and keep aside)
1cup peas (fresh peas boiled or frozen.Both washed properly)
1 cup fresh coriander (cut into small and washed)
1 - 1 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
6 to 7 green chillies(cut into small pieces)
1 medium onion (cut into small pieces)
1 or 2 meduim tomatoes(cut into small pieces)
2 or 3 tsp oil
salt a/c to taste

Method
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Take oil in a pan and heat for some time.Then add mustard seed.After they start spluttering,add cumin seeds and fry till they turn little brown.
Now add green chillies, fry for 1 min, then add onions and fry till they turn light brown in color.
Add ginger garlic paste to it fry for 1 or 2 minutes.Then add turmeric and fry for 1 min.
Now add crushed Tofu and peas and fry till Tofu turns light brown in color.Keep sttiring to avoid Tofu and other ingredients from burning.
Once it turns light brown, add red chilli powder,salt and mix well with ingredients.Should not add any water here.
Allow to cook on medium heat for another 2 to 3 minutes.
Now add tomatoes and mix well.Cook on medium heat for 5 minutes.
Finally, add coriander and little lime juice which is optional.
Cover it and keep on low heat for 2 minutes and stop.

Note: The final result of recipe should be dry, which taste better with fried rice and chapathis.Can also have with plain rice, which we can give to children and equally healthy.
Reduce tomatoes to 1 instead of 2, if you want its taste to be less in the curry.

Labels: brinjal curry, curries, firm tofu, peas, tofu, tofu burji, tofu curry, vegetable, vegetable dishes

Posted by Meena Kandlakuti at 12:50 PM | Permalink | Comments

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