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I have always thought that soft white tofu/bean curd has very limited cooking recipe but my point of view changed after seeing this, on a foodie review magazine. I am so amazed by how the chef marinade and coating the tofu. From just a simple white tofu transformed into a 5 star dish. How's that sound?
And here's the recipe.
Ingredients :
500gm Japaneses press white tofu,
3 tbsp flour
120gm almond flakes
Seasoning :
1 tspn salt
1 tspn sugar
1/4 tspn ground pepper
1/2 tspn Chinese 5 spice powder
(combined all ingredient)
Coating Batter :
120gm all purpose flour
1 tsbp wheat starch
1 tbsp cornflour
1/2 tspn baking powder
1/2 tspn salt
1 tspn sugar
3 tbsp corn oil
200l water
(whisk all ingredients to a smooth batter)
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Method :
- wrap tofu with a clean dry white cloth and keep refrigerated for 30mins.
- cut the tofu into bite size cubes and sprinkle with seasoning.
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- coat tofu with flour and dip into batter, finally coat with almond flakes.
- deep fry in hot oil untill golden brown and drain on paper tower.
- it's best to serve hot with dipping sauce.
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And ta...da.... here's the crispy coated bean curd! I'll have to say this is absolutely delicious. And it is so aromatic. I'm sure you would like to have a simple dipping sauce for this too. The recipe is as follow. So, hope you will enjoy this and happy cooking.
Hot & sour dipping sauce :
100ml sweet plum sauce
2 tbsp vinegar
90ml fish sauce
90ml lime/lemon juice
4 garlic, chopped
4 birds eye chillies, sliced
(combined all ingredients and mix well)