Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, chilli tofu/ cottage cheese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Chilli tofu/ cottage cheese is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

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. Chilli Tofu is based off an Indo-Chinese recipe called Chilli Paneer.

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

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

If you were ever a fan of cottage cheese (my hand would be raised if I weren't typing!), you will love this. Friends of mine make gave me this recipe and now I am so excited to try it! From the cookbook, The Best of Silver Hills Delicious Vegetarian Cuisine. Crisp Tofu replaces the Paneer cheese in this delicious and quick version.

Steps 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.

From the cookbook, The Best of Silver Hills Delicious Vegetarian Cuisine. Crisp Tofu replaces the Paneer cheese in this delicious and quick version. I make a quick chili ginger vinegar sauce from scratch for this Chilli tofu. The green chile sauce is flavorful and hot to preference (use mild to hot green chilies to preference). Cottage Cheese Salt & Pepper (Dry).

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