Tofu in Tomato and Peanut Butter Sauce

Vegetarians and adventurers! It's tofu again! Offering for you, easy to make,  delicious soul food you can prepare in a 15 minutes. 

Blog's Category: Healthy, International, My Own Fast and Easy, Vegetarian, Effortless

Intro

If you are lazy like me and like straightforward cooking... If you are often deterred from tofu recipes just because it starts with "..to remove extra-liquid.." , then this recipe is for you.  The best part of recipe - it will be ready in 15 minutes at most.


What is it?

Tofu cooked in a tomato paste, peanut butter based sauce.

Taste Description

Tender tofu pieces bathe in a bold and bright tomato-based sauce with a soft peanut butter flavor. Flavors of garlic and spices mingle together creating  intricate Indian-Thai fusion.

How to Serve

- It's really good served hot over bowl of pasta.
- My second choice would be serving it around blob of plain rice.
- In a real life, I devoured it with a piece of fresh baguette, enjoying plenty of sauce to dip my bread into.


Note

I added kaffir lime leaves to add some Thai flavor I'm fan of. I usually buy them at oriental store nearby. If you don't have kaffir lime leaves, don't worry - there will be enough flavors to enjoy in this dish anyway.

Tofu in Tomato and Peanut Butter Sauce

• 1 pack of tofu, sliced into 1" cubes
• 3 tbs olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, finely minced
• 1 tbs ground coriander
• 1 tbs ground cumin
• 1 tbs ground turmeric
• 1 tbs smoked paprika
• 1 tbs tomato paste
• 1 tbs smooth peanut butter
• 2 cups of water
• 1/2 cayenne pepper (optional)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tbs sugar
• 3-4 kaffir lime leaves (optional)

- In a frying pan, cook onion with olive oil until translucent and soft.

- Add garlic, coriander, cumin, turmeric, tomato sauce and paprika and cook, stirring, on a medium-low heat for 2 minutes.

- Add remaining ingredients, except tofu, bring to a boil and simmer, stirring, for 2 minutes.

- Add tofu pieces, bring to a boil, then simmer on a low heat for about 5 minutes.

- It's done - enjoy!



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In Pictures

Did you tried it already? Still don't like tofu??