Kadai Tofu/Kadhai Tofu/Tofu and Green Bell Pepper Cooked in Spicy Tomato Gravy
At first glance these eye-catching chile peppers look like red jalapeno. However, they have a different flavor and are less meaty than Jalapeno. Red Fresnos are great roasted and added to salsas. Try grilling them alongside your steaks or in kabobs.
When roasting these they should char, blister, and become soft. Try substituting these in your favorite chile recipes.
Ingredients:
1 cup Firm Tofu ( chopped into 1 inch cubes)
1 cup Onion (chopped finely)
2 cup Tomato ( chopped finely)
1/2 cup Green bell pepper (chopped into cubes)
1 Green chile
3 Red chiles
1/2 tablespoon Ginger -Garlic Paste( 2 garlic cloves + 1 inch ginger)
1/8 teaspoon Turmeric powder
1 teaspoon Whole coriander seeds
1/2 tablespoon Kasturi Methi Leaves ( Dried Fenugreek Leaves)
1 inch Cinnamon
1 Cardamom
3 Cloves
1 Bay Leaf
1/2 teaspoon Garam masala
1/4 teaspoon Cumin powder
1 tablespoon Olive oil 1/ 2 teaspoon or to taste
Salt
2 tablespoon Chopped coriander leaves
Instructions:
Serves: 4
In a small skillet, dry roast red chile and whole coriander seeds for about 3 minutes and using a coffee grinder, grind it into a coarse powder and set aside.
Heat oil in thick bottom pan or kadai and add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and bay leaf. After one minute add chopped onion and green chili and fry for about 4 minutes.
To this add ginger- garlic paste and fry for 2 minutes.
Add chopped tomato to the above mixture and cook for about 15 minutes of until it become soft , mushy and cooked well.
To the tomato-onion mixture add, turmeric powder, coarsely ground red chili-coriander seed powder, cumin powder, salt, crushed kasturi methi leaves( dried fenugreek leaves) and garam masala and cook for about 3 minutes.
To the above mixture add chopped bell pepper and cook for about 5 minutes or until it cooked well but retain it crunch.
Add cubed tofu and gently mix everything so that spicy gravy get coated to tofu pieces. Finally add chopped coriander leaves and switch off the flame.
Enjoy with roti/ chapathi.
From zestysouthindiankitchen.com