Tofu

Ingredients

1 cup chickpea flour  

• ½ teaspoon salt

• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder

• ¼ teaspoon turmeric 

• ¼ teaspoon cumin or garam masala optional

• 1 ¾ cup water

Ingredients

1 cup chickpea flour  

• ½ teaspoon salt

• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder

• ¼ teaspoon turmeric 

• ¼ teaspoon cumin or garam masala optional

• 1 ¾ cup water

Method

1. Grease a bread tin and keep ready. 
2. In a saucepan add all dry ingredients and water (*) and whisk with a hand blender until there are no lumps and you obtain a  smooth batter.
3. Cook over a medium heat. Stir continuously. The mixture will start to get lumpy as the pan heats up and then thicken evenly and considerably. About 4 to 5 minutes.
4. Once the mixture is evenly thick and stiff, keep cooking for another 2 minutes so the chickpea flour gets cooked through..
5. Pour the mixture into the loaf pan. Let it cool, then refrigerate for at least an hour to set.
6. Remove the set slab from the tin. Slice into cubes.  It is now ready to fry.

Use it as a substitute for soy tofu. It does well in curries, tossed in dressing, breaded tofu, in wraps, salads, etc.

(*) This tofu does not absorb marinades well, so flavour the tofu itself while making it.  Mix in herbs, spices and flavours into the batter before cooking it. 

Add garam masala and cayenne when using in curries. Soy sauce and lemon for an asian fusion, and Italian herb blend for other uses like a mashed up marinated tofu salad.