Chili Tofu

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 200 g tofu
• 4 tablespoons cornstarch or 4 tablespoons cornflour
• 2 tablespoons oil
• oil, to deep fry
• 2 medium onions
• 3 -4 garlic cloves
• 3 -4 green chilies
• 1 large red capsicum (bell pepper)
• 1/2 cup vegetable stock
• salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon chili sauce

Recipe

• 1 to start with, cut tofu into 1 inch diamond shaped pieces.
• 2 heat oil in a wok.
• 3 roll tofu pieces in cornflour.
• 4 now, deep fry them in hot oil on medium flame until the edges start to turn brown.
• 5 remove from wok, drain onto absorbent paper and keep aside.
• 6 blend 1 tbsp cornflour (this much will be leftover) in quarter cup of water.
• 7 keep aside.
• 8 peel onions and cut'em into thick slices.
• 9 peel, wash and crush garlic.
• 10 slice green chillies.
• 11 wash, halve, de-seed and cut capsicum into thick strips.
• 12 heat 2 tbsps.
• 13 oil in a wok.
• 14 add garlic and stir-fry for a minute.
• 15 add green chillies, onions and capsicum.
• 16 saute for a few minutes.
• 17 add tofu.
• 18 stir in stock.
• 19 add salt, pepper powder, soy sauce and chilli sauce.
• 20 stir well.
• 21 stir in the blended cornflour.
• 22 cook on high flame, stirring until the sauce thickens to coat the tofu and vegetables.
• 23 serve rightaway with hot rotis or naan or parathas or even kulchas!
• 24 enjoy your meal!