Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, chilli tofu/ cottage cheese. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Chilli Tofu is based off an Indo-Chinese recipe called Chilli Paneer. This is a spicy, saucy blend of Indian spices and Chinese condiments, and the star, of course, is the paneer, an Indian cottage cheese that's usually sold in blocks, just like tofu. Paneer is a bland cheese that soaks up the flavors.
Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have chilli tofu/ cottage cheese using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese:
- Get 300 grams tofu/cottage cheese
- Prepare 1/3 cup green bell pepper
- Get 1/3 cup red bell pepper
- Prepare 1/3 cup yellow bell pepper
- Get 1/2 cup green onions
- Make ready garlic powder/paste
- Prepare ginger powder/paste
- Make ready 1 cup all-purpose flour
- Get 1/2 cup cornstarch
- Get black pepper
- Get white pepper
- Prepare vinegar
- Prepare MSG/ agino moto
- Take 1/2 liter oil (to fry)
- Take soy sauce
- Get sugar
- Get 1 eggs
If you were ever a fan of cottage cheese (my hand would be raised if I weren't typing!), you will love this. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Chilli Tofu is a delicious Chinese recipe that can be prepared on any occasion. As the name suggests, the main ingredients used to prepare this mouth-watering and spicy dish are tofu cubes, red pepper, onion and green chilies.
Instructions to make Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese:
- For marination, take cubed pieces of tofu add some black and white pepper, ginger paste, garlic paste , olive oil, vinegar, salt, a pinch of sugar and mix thoroughly and let it remain like this in refrigerator for minimum of 2:30 hrs.
- Now till then chop all the vegetables in cube/square shaped pieces.
- Now after 3 hrs take out the marination add 1 egg to it, 1 cup of flour, 1/2 cup corn flour and some water to make a thick coating on the tufu pieces, put it in rest state again for 15 mins
- Now heat sunflower/soya/vegetable oil for frying the tofu pieces till they are golden brown and crispy. Use a absorbing paper which will soak the excessive oil.
- Now in another pan take some olive oil add ginger garlic paste, green chilli(very finely chopped), and all the chopped bell peppers, onion and sauté for 9-10 mins.
- Now in a small bowl add the corn starch and make a thick paste of it . Add this paste into the veggies and stir, add more water if needed. Add soy sauce , vinegar, msg, black pepper , white pepper and red chilli flakes to it.
- Now add the crispy tofu cubes to it and sauté well. Cover the pan for 5-6 mins.
- Now turn off the flame and pour the chilli tofu in a bowl garnishing with chopped green onion.
This is a simple and easy-to-cook vegetarian recipe that health-conscious. Friends of mine make gave me this recipe and now I am so excited to try it! From the cookbook, The Best of Silver Hills Delicious Vegetarian Cuisine. MOOZOrganic Peanut Chilli Tofu - Soy. Both of them are an exceptional source of protein, calcium but tofu food is considered way healthier as compared to cottage cheese because tofu is rich in iron and is low in calories.
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