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tofu tikka masala (lemmy.world)
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[–] 38 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The left edge of this picture gives me anxiety.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago*

    I've made this recipe before and it's fantastic - looks a little different than OP, but I'd still recommend it. https://www.cookingcarnival.com/instant-pot-tofu-tikka-masala/

    I do a couple things differently, like I skip the sieve and am super thorough with the immersion blender instead. A couple dry red (arbol?) chiles from the Mexican foods section of the grocery store work well.

    My dad and I are both omnivores (him being less adventurous than I) and I made this one time. When I told him what I was making, he joked about going to McDonald's instead. He had 3 helpings.

    I also have a friend from India. I'm sure it's not authentic, but he really likes this one (to be fair, he says that about everything I make. I don't think it's out of pure politeness, but I try not to get too arrogant about it either 😉 )

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    • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    if someone asks me how close I am to losing it, I'll show them the left side of this plate

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    [–] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (5 children)

    I’m kind of terrible with tofu and thick sauces; even with extra firm tofu that I’ve pressed and frozen/unfrozen, I manage to make it crumble about 90% of the time, so this is always wizardry to me.

    Granted, I don’t deep fry it because it’s such a huge pain to deep fry so that’s probably my problem…

    Do you think that seitan would hold up well with this? I’d think it’d mimic chicken well, while the tofu is moreso the paneer replacement.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Tofu/Paneer is usually added at the end of the cooking process exactly for the reason you described, not making it crumble. And instead of deep-frying, you can shallow fry the tofu cubes on a frying pan, just so the sides are browned. You could also air-fry the cubes instead to achieve similar browning. And since the tofu is already cooked after frying, you can add it at the end and give it a gentle stir to mix it in :)

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I find medium firm tofu holds together better when cooking in sauces like this. It's less brittle than firm tofu and has some give under pressure so it bends/squishes instead of crumbling.

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Im terrified that its about to spill

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