Crisp fried tofu with avocado salsa & watercress salad
Cooking time
Ready in 45 minutesSkill level
Moderately easyServings
Serves 4If you can't visit Australian restaurant, Humid, this will special recipe will transport you there, in spirit
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition info
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 511
- protein
- 7.8g
- carbs
- 35.7g
- fat
- 38.4g
- saturates
- 5.1g
- fibre
- 2.7g
- sugar
- -
- salt
- 0.55g
Ingredients
- 300g tofu, drained and cut into thick batons
- 100ml rice flour, for dusting
- olive oil
Lime and sugar dressing
- 100g palm sugar, or soft brown sugar
- 10ml sweet chilli sauce
- 1 lime, juiced
Watercress salad
- 100g watercress
- ½ large red chilli, deseeded and thinly sliced
- ½ cucumber, peeled and sliced into noodle shapes on a mandolin or sliced lengthwise with a peeler
- 6 mint leaves, torn
Avocado salsa
- 1 large avocado, cut into large dice
- onion, finely chopped
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- extra-virgin olive oil
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Method
- To make the dressing, dissolve the sugar in 50ml water over a low heat. Bring to the boil and simmer until thick bubbles form. Take off the heat and pour in the chilli sauce and lime juice. Strain and cool. This will keep for a week in the fridge but must be brought back to room temperature before use.
- For the salsa, mix all the ingredients in a bowl and season. Drizzle in enough oil to lightly coat. Store in an airtight container and chill (it will keep for 2-3 days in the fridge).
- Toss the tofu in the flour, dusting off any excess. Heat a little oil in a shallow pan, add the tofu and fry for 2 minutes. Carefully turn and fry for 2 more minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon, drain on kitchen paper and sprinkle with salt.
- To serve, pour the dressing into a sauce bottle with a thin nozzle. Zigzag the dressing onto the plate (if you don’t have a sauce bottle you can use a spoon). Toss the watercress with the rest of the salad ingredients and throw in the tofu. Spoon some avocado into the centre of the plate and slightly flatten to resemble a thick disc. Pile the salad on top.
Recipe from olive magazine, July 2008
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