Thursday, December 31, 2009

Tofu & Vegetable Coconut Curry

I'm generally not a big fan of tofu but this recipe is really yummy. Whenever I make a new recipe I ask Greg if it's a keeper or not and he said he would definitely eat this again.

I have recently learned a trick to make the texture and taste of tofu better which I will share later because you don't need to do it for this recipe.

Tofu and Vegetable Coconut Curry

Ingredients
  • 400ml coconut cream
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons Thai curry paste
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger
  • Sprinkle of chili powder
  • 400g tofu, cut into 2cm cubes
  • 3 tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 yellow capsicum, thinly sliced
  • 1 bunch shallots, peeled and finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh Thai basil
  • 1 bunch bok choy, rinsed and chopped
Directions
  1. In a wok or large frypan mix the coconut cream, soy sauce, brown sugar, curry paste, ginger, and chilli. Bring to a boil.
  2. Add the tofu, tomatoes, capsicum, and shallots into the wok. Cover, and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  3. Mix in basil and bok choy. Taste and add more chilli or soy sauce if desired. Continue cooking 5 minutes, or until vegetables are tender but crisp.
  4. Serve over rice if desired.
Notes

I got this recipe (and picture) from allrecipes.com.au and you can find the original recipe here as the recipe above includes some minor changes I made. One change I made and didn't note above was to use a generous sprinkle of dry basil instead of the Thai basil but this was only because when I went to the shop they were out of fresh Thai basil. Next time I hope to use fresh Thai basil which is why I left it in.

3 comments:

Josh said...

It's great to see a recipe on here already! I'll try this one this week as long as I can find Thai curry paste - the Asian food section here is much more limited than it was at Woolies.

I'm signed in as Josh, but this is Emma. :)

Emma said...

We had this tonight and both really liked it. We took some to Mum's house and she liked it too. In the future I will make it with about 1/2 the tofu and I'll cut the tofu into very small pieces - I have a hard time with the texture of tofu but the taste absorbed the flavour of the curry so the taste was good.

Mum and Dad said...

Yes, I tried 2 spoonsfull, because we had just eaten dinner and I did like it. Before I got a chance to eat any more, dad had finished it off! He obviously enjoyed it.