How to Make Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese in 31 Minutes for Beginners

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, chilli tofu/ cottage cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese is something which I have loved my whole life.

Chilli Tofu is based off an Indo-Chinese recipe called Chilli Paneer. This is a spicy, saucy blend of Indian spices and Chinese condiments, and the star, of course, is the paneer, an Indian cottage cheese that's usually sold in blocks, just like tofu. Paneer is a bland cheese that soaks up the flavors.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have chilli tofu/ cottage cheese using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese:

1. Make ready 300 grams tofu/cottage cheese
2. Take 1/3 cup green bell pepper
3. Take 1/3 cup red bell pepper
4. Prepare 1/3 cup yellow bell pepper
5. Take 1/2 cup green onions
6. Make ready garlic powder/paste
7. Take ginger powder/paste
8. Take 1 cup all-purpose flour
9. Make ready 1/2 cup cornstarch
10. Prepare black pepper
11. Make ready white pepper
12. Get vinegar
13. Prepare MSG/ agino moto
14. Take 1/2 liter oil (to fry)
15. Take soy sauce
16. Make ready sugar
17. Make ready 1 eggs

As the name suggests, the main ingredients used to prepare this mouth-watering and spicy dish are tofu cubes, red pepper, onion and green chilies. This is a simple and easy-to-cook vegetarian recipe that health-conscious. Yes, it has been a while. Today's recipe is so, so easy.

Instructions to make Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese:

1. For marination, take cubed pieces of tofu add some black and white pepper, ginger paste, garlic paste , olive oil, vinegar, salt, a pinch of sugar and mix thoroughly and let it remain like this in refrigerator for minimum of 2:30 hrs.
2. Now till then chop all the vegetables in cube/square shaped pieces.
3. Now after 3 hrs take out the marination add 1 egg to it, 1 cup of flour, 1/2 cup corn flour and some water to make a thick coating on the tufu pieces, put it in rest state again for 15 mins
4. Now heat sunflower/soya/vegetable oil for frying the tofu pieces till they are golden brown and crispy. Use a absorbing paper which will soak the excessive oil.
5. Now in another pan take some olive oil add ginger garlic paste, green chilli(very finely chopped), and all the chopped bell peppers, onion and sauté for 9-10 mins.
6. Now in a small bowl add the corn starch and make a thick paste of it . Add this paste into the veggies and stir, add more water if needed. Add soy sauce , vinegar, msg, black pepper , white pepper and red chilli flakes to it.
7. Now add the crispy tofu cubes to it and sauté well. Cover the pan for 5-6 mins.
8. Now turn off the flame and pour the chilli tofu in a bowl garnishing with chopped green onion.

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