Tauhu Goreng

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

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
South East Asia
Street Food

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