Super Tomatoey Matar Tofu!

Made a really great matar tofu (peas and tofu) curry today, and wanted to record it for el futuro :P

block of extra firm tofu

canola oil

frozen peas

shredded coconut

tomatoes (this recipe was really tomato heavy, over the usual ratio)

garlic

onion

ginger

jalapeno

olive oil

turmeric

generic vegetable curry spice mix

mustard seeds

cumin seeds

sesame seeds

strained tomatoes or tomato paste (I used Pomi this time)

lemon juice

honey

turmeric

marsala cooking wine

1. Cube the tofu, fry it with a little salt in an inch or so of canola oil until golden brown, strain in a paper towel lined colander.

2. Heat a few tablespoons of olive oil with a tablespoon or so of mustard and cumin seeds.

3. When mustard seeds just start to pop, add diced onions and a generous amount of salt, and fry till translucent.

4. Add minced jalapeno, ginger, garlic, and sesame seeds.

5. When garlic and ginger are cooked (starting to brown, but not burned, its mostly based on smell), add masala mixture and fry for about 30 seconds (until a cooked aroma arises).

6. Add LOTS of sliced tomatoes, stir.

7. When tomatoes start to peel, add marsala cooking wine, honey, lemon juice, and turmeric.

8. Cover and cook until tomatoes are mostly disintegrated.

9. Add fried tofu and frozen peas, as well as grated coconut.

10. Cook covered until tofu and peas are plump, and sauce has reached desired consistency.

11. Salt to taste. Use corn starch method to thicken if desired.

Easy and SO good. This version turned out really light, but had an almost fruity intensity that was really appealing :P

Advertisement

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.