Tofu Tikka Masala
Tofu Tikka Masala

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, tofu tikka masala. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Tikka Masala - A Quick Overview. Tikka masala is general term used to describe an Indian dish consisting of a protein cooked in a thick, creamy, and richly spiced tomato curry sauce. The "tikka" refers to the protein.

Tofu Tikka Masala is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Tofu Tikka Masala is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook tofu tikka masala using 22 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Tofu Tikka Masala:
  1. Prepare Marinade
  2. Take Greek Yogurt
  3. Take 1 tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice
  4. Take 2 tsp Ground Cumin
  5. Prepare 2 tsp Garam Masala
  6. Prepare 2 tsp Cayenne Pepper
  7. Take 2 tsp Ground Black Pepper
  8. Prepare to Taste Salt
  9. Prepare 8 Cloves
  10. Get 1 tbsp ginger minced
  11. Get 2 Cloves garlic
  12. Prepare 2 block tofu (or as much as you want, you can replace it with chicken or fish or even paneers)
  13. Take Sauce
  14. Get 3 tbsp Olive Oil
  15. Make ready 1 large Onion
  16. Get 2 Chilli roasted with seeds. (i omitted this because i dont eat spicy 🥵)
  17. Get 1 tbsp ground cumin
  18. Make ready 2 tspn paprika
  19. Take 1 tbsp garam masala (use half if you think it's too strong)
  20. Get to taste Salt
  21. Get 1 tomato Canned (i used 3 tomatoes blended)
  22. Take 130 ml Cooking Cream

Slice the tofu into bite-sized pieces. Combine the marinade ingredients in a bowl then add the tofu. Use more red chili powder to make it spicier. In a medium pot, mix remaining ginger and garlic, tomato products, and seasonings.

Instructions to make Tofu Tikka Masala:
  1. Mix all the Marinade to the choice of your filling, i used Tofu, you may use chicken, fish or Paneer’s. Place it overnight in the fridge.
  2. You can grill the Tofu on a grill pan, you can even coat it with bread crumbs and fry them, or bake it in the oven. I heated some olive oil and tossed everything in the pan as tofu releases water i let them simmer in the pan until the water drys out. Put it aside once done.
  3. For the Sauce, heat up oil and saute the onions for 20 mins, you will get tired but this is important part of the dish, keep sauting until onions are caramelised.
  4. Add the garlic, cumin, paprika and garam masala. Fry it for a min until it releases it's flavour. Add Salt and Pepper.
  5. Now add tomatoes. Stir them all for a minute. After tomatoes have been cooked add the cooking cream. Stir occasionally.
  6. Finally add the Tofu that was set aside earlier.
  7. Serve with warm rice and enjoy the richness of the spices.

Simmer over low heat until thick. While the sauce simmers, sautee tofu in a dry, non-stick skillet until golden brown. Tikka Masala is an Indian inspired dish served mostly in America and Britain. It is made of small pieces of meat (Tikka) served in a gravy-like creamy tomato sauce containing lots of spices. This dish is typically made with chicken, although vegetarian Tikka Masala versions using tofu, mushroom, chickpea or cauliflower are now very popular.

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