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May 22, 2006

Stir fry Vegetables with Tofu

Sometimes when I go shopping, I get excited and buy too much stuff (like soy meat, tofu)for one week. But as the week goes by I am either too tired to cook or sometimes I completely forget about them. But the good thing about these packaged soy products is that they usually have a long shelf life, which is good for me.

Anyway this weekend, as I was cleaning the fridge, I found a box of extra-firm tofu that I bought, hmmmm, may be 2 months ago (expiration date: September 2006, yippee). I also had half a bag of frozen broccoli stir fry vegetables. So I made stir fry vegetables with tofu and white rice.


Ingredients:Extra firm Tofu - 12 oz. box
Carrots - 2 medium
Sn0w peas - about 12
Frozen Broccoli stir fry - thawed
Water Chestnuts - 1/4 cup
Onion - 1 small
Green onions - 5-6
Red chili flakes - ¼ tsp
Ginger - 1” piece minced
Garlic - 2 cloves
Sauce Ingredients:Low-sodium Soy Sauce - 3tsp
Sherry or Chinese rice wine - 1tbsp
Vegetable stock - ¼ cup (you can substitute with water)
Sugar - 1tsp
Salt - pinch
Corn flour - 2tsp mixed in 1 tbsp of water

Method:
  • Remove tofu from the package, rinse with water. Place it on several layers of paper towel and blot out the water. Cut it into 1 inch cubes.

  • Thinly slice all the veggies. Make sure they are all almost the same size.

  • Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a large wok or skillet. Add tofu and fry the cubes till they are golden brown on all sides. Remove with a slotted spoon onto paper towel.

  • In the remaining oil, add red chili flakes, ginger and garlic and stir fry for 30 seconds. Add all the veggies and fry for about 3-5 minutes until they are crisp tender.

  • Add the sauce to the veggies and bring it to a boil. Keep stirring constantly until the sauce thickens and becomes clear.

  • Add tofu, salt and pepper and fry for 1 minute.

  • Remove and serve hot with rice or noodles.

5 comments:

  1. Thank you very much Saffron.

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  2. Hi Pavani,
    WELCOME TO FOOD BLOGGING.
    i like your kobbari barfi.
    Hope to make one day.
    Vineela

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  3. Thank you for visiting Vineela. Try the barfi and let me know if you like it.

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  4. I have been looking for a tofu recipe. All the recipes that I tried so far has been disasters. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Welcome to the world of foodblogging. Ur dish looks delicious. Miss eating tofu back home. Itz too expensive here in Switzerland.

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