Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chilli tofu/ cottage cheese. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
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.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. 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:
- Prepare 300 grams tofu/cottage cheese
- Make ready 1/3 cup green bell pepper
- Make ready 1/3 cup red bell pepper
- Take 1/3 cup yellow bell pepper
- Make ready 1/2 cup green onions
- Take garlic powder/paste
- Take ginger powder/paste
- Take 1 cup all-purpose flour
- Prepare 1/2 cup cornstarch
- Make ready black pepper
- Prepare white pepper
- Get vinegar
- Prepare MSG/ agino moto
- Take 1/2 liter oil (to fry)
- Take soy sauce
- Get sugar
- Make ready 1 eggs
The green chile sauce is flavorful and hot to preference (use mild to hot green chilies to preference). Yes, it has been a while. Today's recipe is so, so easy. If you were ever a fan of cottage cheese (my hand would be raised if I weren't typing!), you will love this.
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.
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. This is a simple and easy-to-cook vegetarian recipe that health-conscious. Tofu combined with just three other ingredients makes a creamy, barely sweet vegan cottage cheese, perfect for blintzes. Friends of mine make gave me this recipe and now I am so excited to try it!
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