Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, chilli tofu/ cottage cheese. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna 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 foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine 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 prepare a few components. You can cook 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
- Prepare 1/3 cup red bell pepper
- Prepare 1/3 cup yellow bell pepper
- Take 1/2 cup green onions
- Take garlic powder/paste
- Get ginger powder/paste
- Prepare 1 cup all-purpose flour
- Prepare 1/2 cup cornstarch
- Take black pepper
- Take white pepper
- Take vinegar
- Prepare MSG/ agino moto
- Make ready 1/2 liter oil (to fry)
- Make ready soy sauce
- Take sugar
- Make ready 1 eggs
The green chile sauce is flavorful and hot to preference (use mild to hot green chilies to preference). 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.
Steps 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. The cheesy taste will attract kids and make them eat veggies along with cheese with great pleasure. Optionally if you are making these delicious.
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