Friday, March 5, 2010

Condiments to the Chef (a.k.a. Veg and Tofu Rice)


Well well, this was surprisingly OK actually - especially after being condimented and generally pepped and whaleboned to the hilt (hence the alternate name). It's a permanent problem when you've got very differing degrees of heat-tolerance among your clientele. We meant to serve it as rice/tofu with barbecued veg, but it was raining so we called that off and just fried the veg instead.

First:
Make a marinade of 2 tbs honey, a crushed garlic clove, (meant to be preserved lemon juice but I couldn't find preserved lemons so used lime juice instead, always nice), balsamic vinegar, bit of fresh chopped chili, possibly harissa (couldn't find any again) and marinade the tofu in it while you cook some rice and either grill or fry your chosen veg (think peppers, red onion, courgettes, that sort of stuff).

Then:
Combine. Serve.

We recommend serving with a selection of the following: crushed chilies from a jar, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, lots of fresh ground pepper. I'm sure you could think of other things as well. Fact is it's pretty mild but a good base to pile zing on, and really you can't score many more points for healthiness than this one so go for it.

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