Tauhu Goreng

Name: Tauhu Goreng
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Singaporean
Ingredients: 5 cloves garlic, sliced; 2 heaped tablespoons tamarind pulp mashed with 1 cup (250 ml) warm water, squeezed and strained for juice; 8 shallots, sliced; 2-5 red finger-length chillies, deseeded and sliced; 2 tablespoons sweet black sauce; 1 cup (175 g) coarsely crushed fried or roasted peanuts, or 10 heaped tablespoons crunchy peanut butter; ½ teaspoon belachan (dried prawn paste); Oil for shallow-frying (about 3 tablespoons); 2 spring onions, sliced into thin shreds, to garnish (optional); 1 small cucumber, sliced into thin shreds; Coriander leaves (cilantro), to garnish (optional); 1 cup (75 g) bean sprouts, rinsed and blanched in boiling water, then drained; 2 cakes pressed tofu or firm tofu (about 500 g/1 lb total); 2 tablespoons oil

Deep-fried Tofu Salad with Spicy Peanut Dressing

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

The Food of Singapore

By Djoko Wibisono

Published 2015

About

A popular dish at food stalls in Singapore, especially in the morning, the fried tofu is usually halved diagonally and stuffed with a mixture of blanched bean sprouts and raw cucumber, and drizzled with a delicious Spicy Peanut Dressing.

Ingredients

2 cakes pressed tofu or firm tofu (about 500 g/1 lb total)
Oil for shallow-frying</

Asia
Singapore
Fish course
Pescatarian
Street Food
South East Asia

Method

To prepare the Spicy Peanut Dressing, heat the oil in a saucepan and stir-fry the shallots, garlic, chillies and belachan for 5 minutes until fragrant. Then add the sweet black sauce and tamarind juice, and cook for another minute. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool. When cooled, grind the mixture to a paste in a mortar or blender. Add the crushed peanuts