Tofu Saltado
Indian dish with firm tofu, crispy chilli in oil, vegetable oil.
- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- advanced
- India
Ingredients
- 400 g firm tofu
- 3 tsp crispy chilli in oil
- 6 tbsp vegetable oil
- 6 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 red onions
- 2 red bell peppers
- 4 garlic cloves
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 500 g tomatoes
- 500 g potatoes
- 30 g mint
- 30 g coriander
Steps
- In a storage container, mix together 2 tbsp soy sauce with 2 tsp crispy chilli.
- Cube the tofu and add to the mixture in the container, mixing thoroughly to marinate.
- Cut the potatoes into small 1 cm cubes.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan.
- Add the potatoes and fry for 15-20 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and let drain and cool on kitchen roll (paper towels).
- While the potatoes are cooking, slice the red onion and cut the red bell peppers into large chunks.
- In the same pan, fry the tofu for 10 minutes, then remove and drain on kitchen roll.
- While the potatoes are cooking, cut the tomatoes into eighths and remove the seeds.
- In the same pan, fry the red onion for around 5 minutes.
- Then add the red bell pepper and fry with the onion for about 3 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes, garlic, spices, vinegar, remaining soy sauce and crispy chilli, and 5 tbsp of water.
- Cook for 5 minutes.
- Chop the mint and fresh coriander (cilantro) together.
- Add the tofu back to the pan along with about 40 grams of the coriander and mint mixture, and toss.
- Serve the tofu mixture over the fried potatoes along with a sprinkling of fresh herbs on top.
Adapted from “Tofu Saltado”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.