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Butter Tofu
25m
Serves 1
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Butter Tofu
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25m
Serves 1
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Directions
1
Tear tofu into chunks, season with salt and pepper, add oil and cornstarch, mix well, then bake or air fry.
2
Finely chop onion, garlic and ginger.
3
In a pot, fry the onion, garlic and ginger for a few minutes.
4
Add tomato paste, chili powder, ground coriander, cumin and garam masala. Stir well.
5
Add tomato sauce, stir and let it simmer.
6
Blend the sauce using an immersion blender.
7
Add coconut milk, lemon juice and sugar. Season with salt to taste.
8
Add the baked tofu and stir.
9
Make a cucumber salad by smashing and chopping a cucumber and mixing it with vinegar, soy sauce, agave, garlic powder and chili flakes.
10
Serve the butter tofu with the cucumber salad and naan bread.
Ingredients
400 g firm tofu
2 Tbsp corn starch
0 salt
0 pepper
1 Tbsp oil
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
1 thumb size piece ginger
2 tsp ground coriander
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp garam masala
0.5 tsp chili powder
2.5 cups tomato passata
1 cup coconut milk
1 squeeze lemon juice
1 tsp sugar
1 cucumber
1 tbsp vinegar
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp agave
0.5 tsp garlic powder
0.5 tsp chili flakes
Equipment
baking tray
bowl
knife
cutting board
pot
immersion blender
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