Tofu in peanut sauce

Ingredients

• 375 g/12 oz firm tofu
• vegetable oil for shallow-frying

peanut sauce

• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 250 g/8 oz broccoli broken into small flowerets
• 2 zucchini, chopped
• 1 red pepper, chopped
• 75 g/2 ½ oz peanuts,roasted and chopped
• ¼ cup/60 ml/2 fl oz soy sauce
• ¼ cup/60 ml/2 fl oz plum sauce
• 2 teaspoons miso
• 1/3 cup/90 ml/3 fl oz water

method

• Cut tofu into large chunks and drain well. Het oil in a wok over a high heat, add tofu and cook, turning several times, until golden. Drain on absorbent kitchen paper and set aside.
• To make sauce, heat oil in a clean wok over a medium heat, add onion and stir-fry for 3 minutes or until golden. Add broccoli, zucchini and red pepper and stir –fry for 3 minutes. Add peanuts, soy sauce, plum sauce, miso and water and bring to simmering. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes.
• Return tofu to wok and simmer for 2 minutes or until heated through.

tip from the chef

Tofu, also known as bean curd, is made from yellow soy bean which are soaked,ground and mixed with water then briefly cooked before being solidified. Rich in protein, it is low in fat and cholesterol free. It is a good source of protein for those folowwing a vegetarian diet.