Tofu Tikka Masala
Tofu Tikka Masala

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Tofu Tikka Masala is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Tofu Tikka Masala is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have tofu tikka masala using 22 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Tofu Tikka Masala:
  1. Get Marinade
  2. Prepare Greek Yogurt
  3. Take 1 tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice
  4. Get 2 tsp Ground Cumin
  5. Take 2 tsp Garam Masala
  6. Prepare 2 tsp Cayenne Pepper
  7. Get 2 tsp Ground Black Pepper
  8. Get to Taste Salt
  9. Make ready 8 Cloves
  10. Take 1 tbsp ginger minced
  11. Make ready 2 Cloves garlic
  12. Take 2 block tofu (or as much as you want, you can replace it with chicken or fish or even paneers)
  13. Take Sauce
  14. Prepare 3 tbsp Olive Oil
  15. Prepare 1 large Onion
  16. Prepare 2 Chilli roasted with seeds. (i omitted this because i dont eat spicy 🥵)
  17. Prepare 1 tbsp ground cumin
  18. Make ready 2 tspn paprika
  19. Prepare 1 tbsp garam masala (use half if you think it's too strong)
  20. Make ready to taste Salt
  21. Make ready 1 tomato Canned (i used 3 tomatoes blended)
  22. Get 130 ml Cooking Cream

The curry is based on a spiced cashew curry paste. and water is added to the paste to build up the curry over heat. The tofu cubes are then added to the curry during the cooking process. Tikka Masala is an Indian inspired dish served mostly in America and Britain. It is made of small pieces of meat (Tikka) served in a gravy-like creamy tomato sauce containing lots of spices.

Steps to make Tofu Tikka Masala:
  1. Mix all the Marinade to the choice of your filling, i used Tofu, you may use chicken, fish or Paneer’s. Place it overnight in the fridge.
  2. You can grill the Tofu on a grill pan, you can even coat it with bread crumbs and fry them, or bake it in the oven. I heated some olive oil and tossed everything in the pan as tofu releases water i let them simmer in the pan until the water drys out. Put it aside once done.
  3. For the Sauce, heat up oil and saute the onions for 20 mins, you will get tired but this is important part of the dish, keep sauting until onions are caramelised.
  4. Add the garlic, cumin, paprika and garam masala. Fry it for a min until it releases it's flavour. Add Salt and Pepper.
  5. Now add tomatoes. Stir them all for a minute. After tomatoes have been cooked add the cooking cream. Stir occasionally.
  6. Finally add the Tofu that was set aside earlier.
  7. Serve with warm rice and enjoy the richness of the spices.

This dish is typically made with chicken, although vegetarian Tikka Masala versions using tofu, mushroom, chickpea or cauliflower are now very popular. Vegan Tofu Tikka Masala is so easy to prepare, marinate the tofu cubes, lightly fry or bake them, prepare the sauce and simmer the tofu in the sauce. Prepare Tofu - Tofu usually comes in a pack with water, drain the water and press tofu to get rid of excess water. Place tofu on a cutting board, lined with a paper towel or a clean dishtowel. This is a slow cooker tofu tikka masala - start by sauteeing a few aromatics and spices in a pan, but then transfer everything to your Crock Pot (or pressure cooker!) to finish the curry.

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