Moments in My Life

I’ve been cooking more often this week because I bought a lot of groceries. This is one simple tofu recipe. I use House brand Soft Silken Tofu. 

You need: 1 block of tofu cut into 2″ square blocks, minced garlic, thinly sliced carrot, 1/2 tomato (cut anyway you want - diced, chopped, sliced); some water, 1/2 beatened egg and potato starch (or corn starch) for gravy, green onion for garnish.

1. Boiled a pot of water to blanch the tofu.
2. Heat wok/pan.  Put in cooking oil.  Once hot, add in minced garlic. 
3. When garlic is fragrant, add in sliced carrot.  Stir stir.
4. Add tomato.  Stir stir.
5. Add seasoning to your taste - salt, sugar & pepper.
6. When you see the tomato is soft, add in water (the amount depends how much you like the gravy; I like gravy, so I added at least 3/4 cup). 
7. Mix 1 tsp potato starch with little water.  Add in to the gravy when is boiling.  Stir while adding.
8. When is boiling again, SLOWLY add in beatened egg.  Stir while adding to create the ‘tan fa‘ effect.
9. Test the gravy for taste, if not enough, add more seasoning. 
10. Add in tofu and stir around to get the gravy covering the tofu.
    
11. Serve with some rice.  Fried egg  shown next to tofu was the leftover half from the cooking.
    
12. Little boss approved, he finished the whole plate, only 1 plate this time.

**You can be creative with this. You can use pasta instead of rice. The gravy is good enough as sauce for the pasta too.