Tofu Stir Fry
Delicious tofu fry made with homemade sauce as well as batter fried tofu pieces. Really spicy,salty,sweet surprise.
Servings: 4
Calories: 1317kcal
Ingredients
- 14 oz 396g Firm tofu ( squeezed well and chopped into cubes)
- 3 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 2 ½ tablespoon corn flour
- 2 tablespoon all purpose flour for dredging
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic paste
- ⅓ cup water
- For gravy
- 1 ½ tablespoon sesame oil
- ½ tablespoon hot chili oil
- 2 clove garlic chopped finely
- ½ tablespoon ginger paste
- ½ onion chopped cubes
- ½ green bell pepper chopped cubes
- ½ red bell pepper chopped cubes
- 1 green chili chopped finely
- 2 tablespoon soya sauce
- 1 tablespoon Chinese black rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sweet chili sauce
- 1 teaspoon ketchup
- ¼ cup water
Instructions
- Making batter fried tofu
- First squeeze all the water from tofu and cut it into small bite size cubes.
- Combine all purpose flour, corn starch, pepper, salt and garlic paste in a bowl
- and make a smooth batter by adding approximately ⅓ cup of water.
- Coat the tofu pieces with the batter and then dredge them in 2 tablespoon all purpose flour
- and shallow fry in hot oil over a high flame until tofu is golden brown. Flip once to get evenly cook all the side.
- Drain it on kitchen towel and keep aside.
- For making sauce
- Heat the sesame oil, hot chili oil and
- add chopped garlic and ginger paste and sauté over a high flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Then add the onion and green chili sauté for a few more seconds.
- Then add green and red bell pepper and sauté for 3 -4 minutes.
- Add the soya sauce, sweet chili sauce; Chinese black rice vinegar, ketchup and water bring it to boil.
- Toss in the fried tofu and mix well.
- Serve immediately, garnished with the spring onion greens with a bowl of rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 1317kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 126g | Fat: 68g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Sodium: 945mg | Potassium: 124mg | Fiber: 13g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 529IU | Vitamin C: 34mg | Calcium: 1749mg | Iron: 18mg
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