Tofu Tikka

I am gradually clearing up my recipes from my old blog a vegetarian in the middle east and shifting them here. The idea is to file all my recipes in one place, I often repeat my recipes at home and find myself opening my blog to check on the ingredients. With two blogs and recipes scattered all over its been very confusing. So I am reposting some old recipes. Earlier I was pre-dating them while reposting, like the Vegan Chocolate Avocado cake (I think its one of the most popular recipes from my collection), but now I think these old posts need new energy so I will maintain the current date and time, I will be also using the same photographs unless I have better ones that I have taken more recently Here’s Tofu Tikka.

Tofu Tikka is really simple to make and infact you can assemble it a couple of hours in advance and regrigerate it, in any case it requires a minimum of 30 minutes of marination. First thing you need is a block of extra firm tofu. Rub a pinch of salt on the tofu and leave it on an incline near the kitchen sink, so that water in the tofu drains out.

Meanwhile get hold of the following ingredients for the marinade
Chilly pdr – 1 tsp
Cumin pdr – 1/2 tsp
Coriander pdr – 2 tsp
Thick yoghurt – 3 Tbsp
Ground Pepper – 1/2 tsp
Fennel powder – 1/2 tsp (optional)
Turmeric – 1 pinch
Minced ginger – 1 tsp
Minced garlic – 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Other vegetables for the grill:
Capsicum/Bell Pepper – 1
Onion – 1

Method
1. Pick up the resting tofu block and press it together between your palms to drain out any water left in it. Cut into thick cubes.

2. Mix the ingredients for the marinade together are apply on the tofu cubes, put away any remaining marinade. The the tofu sit for atleast 30 minutes, or put it in the refrigerator for later use.

3. When you’re ready for the grill, cube the capsicum and the onion. Separate the onion layers. Apply the leftover marinade on both.

4. Arrange the pepper, onion & tofu cubes on a skewer – alternating between them. I made bite sized tikkas by skewering them onto toothpicks. Smear a little oil on the tikkas.

5. Grill on both sides till brownish spots appear on the veggies.

Serve piping hot with yoghurt and mint sauce

Check out the recipe for Yoghurt and Mint Sauce on my Vegetarian BBQ post.

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