Recipe: Perfect Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese

Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese. 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.

I'm always eager to make vegan cooking your favourite thing, so if. Chilli Tofu Paneer is batter fried tofu cubes along with colorful bell peppers and onions are tossed in a spicy and tangy sauce. In a bowl, add some chilli paste, salt, cornstarch, all-purpose flour, little water and make a slightly thick batter. You can cook Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese

1. You need 300 grams of tofu/cottage cheese.
2. It's 1/3 cup of green bell pepper.
3. You need 1/3 cup of red bell pepper.
4. It's 1/3 cup of yellow bell pepper.
5. You need 1/2 cup of green onions.
6. Prepare of garlic powder/paste.
7. Prepare of ginger powder/paste.
8. You need 1 cup of all-purpose flour.
9. It's 1/2 cup of cornstarch.
10. It's of black pepper.
11. You need of white pepper.
12. Prepare of vinegar.
13. It's of MSG/ agino moto.
14. It's 1/2 liter of oil (to fry).
15. You need of soy sauce.
16. You need of sugar.
17. It's 1 of eggs.

Put in the tofu pieces in this mixture and mix gently to coat all the. 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.

Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese instructions

1. 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..
2. Now till then chop all the vegetables in cube/square shaped pieces..
3. 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.
4. 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..
5. 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..
6. 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..
7. Now add the crispy tofu cubes to it and sauté well. Cover the pan for 5-6 mins..
8. Now turn off the flame and pour the chilli tofu in a bowl garnishing with chopped green onion..

Crisp Tofu replaces the Paneer cheese in this delicious and quick version. I make a quick chili ginger vinegar sauce from scratch for this Chilli tofu. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. 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.