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Wednesday 13 January 2010

Daring Cooks Challenge January 2010: Tofu Satay

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I've been away from the blogging world for so long but what can I say, I haven't forgotten about you. So, Happy Belated New Year to all of you!
I do read your blogs although I am not blogging myself and commenting. Now that the holiday season is over, I am very much looking forward into coming back to photographing and blogging gear. I never cease to cook or bake (of course!) but it takes a bit of organisation to get the recipes posted with a picture. I really do miss blogging, it's a part of me now...

Anyway, onto the Daring Cooks Challenge.


The  Daring Kitchen

The January 2010 DC challenge was hosted by Cuppy of Cuppylicious and she chose a delicious Thai-inspired recipe for Pork Satay from the book 1000 Recipes by Martha Day.

*in my case Tofu Satay

THE DARING COOKS JANUARY 2010 CHALLENGE: TOFU SATAY

It was an easy challenge. I had all ingredients at home and the recipe did not need any veganising. I used tofu. The only change I made was the Peanut Sauce. I am allergic to peanuts (and all other nuts and seeds, for the moment! I'm am sure there exist some cures somewhere for all allergies and I am keeping the faith!).
So, I only substituted the peanut butter for boiled butter beans in the original recipe below. It was pretty good, very close to the taste of satay peanut sauce.

Satay Marinade
1/2 small onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 T ginger root, chopped (optional) (2 cm cubed)
2 T lemon juice (1 oz or 30 mls)
1 T soy sauce (0.5 oz or 15 mls)
1 tsp ground coriander (5 mls)
1 tsp ground cumin (5 mls)
1/2 tsp ground turmeric (2-2.5 mls)
2 T vegetable oil (or peanut or olive oil) (30 mls)
1 block firm tofu (8.8 oz or 250g)
  • Blend everything except tofu in a blender. (I used a hand blender).*
  • Cut tofu into strips.
  • Cover tofu strips with marinade and place in a bowl.
  • Cover with cling film and leave to marinade for 20 minutes.
  • Pan fry (in a non-stick fry pan) with a little oil until sides are golden and slightly crisp.
* I found the marinade a bit dry so I added some rice milk to the mixture.

Nut-free 'Peanut' Sauce or Butter bean sauce
3/4 cup coconut milk (6 oz or 180 mls)
4 Tbsp pureed boiled butter beans (2 oz or 60 mls)
1 Tbsp lemon juice (0.5 oz or 15 mls)
1 Tbsp soy sauce (0.5 oz or 15 mls)
1 tsp brown sugar (5 mls)
1/2 tsp ground cumin (2.5 mls)
1/2 tsp ground coriander (2.5 mls)
1-2 dried red chilies, chopped (keep the seeds for heat)

  • Mix coconut milk and pureed butter beans. (I found it easier to use a hand blender for this)
  • Pour in a heated saucepan and heat for 2 minutes.
  • Add rest of ingredients, mix well. Remove from heat.
  • Serve with the tofu.

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8 comments:

  1. This looks great...I love butter beans, and I bet the satay sauce was delicious.

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  2. Nut-free satay sauce made with butterbeans? Genius! Skint Vegan Dad is going to be so happy - especially as he really doesn't like sunflower seed butter, which I'd been using up till now, LOL!!

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  3. It looks delish!
    Cookbook giveaway on my blog!
    Debra @ Vegan Family Style

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  4. That looks beautiful and your nut-free sauce sounds awesome. I sometimes have to cook for a peanut hater and I am sure he will love this!

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  5. That is one beautiful photo and your idea to use butter beans is inspired well done on this challenge. Cheers from Audax in Sydney Australia.

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  6. Nut free Satay Sauce!! AWESOME!
    Satay is my all time favourite thing IN THE WORLD!! I eat that sauce straight out of the pan. This meal looks amazing butterfly - the tofu looks perfect.
    Happy New Year back atcha.
    :)

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  7. I'm glad I found your blog, I like! Your tofu looks awesome! There's nothing wrong with taking a little break from blogging. Now that you're back, I hope to keep up!

    Jenn, HelloVeggie.Org

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