California Farm Tandoori Smoked Tofu Dinner

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

Firm tofu absorbs tandoori marinade like chicken and cooks moist and tender on a bamboo skewer in the air fryer. Turn golden in the tandoori hardwood smoke.
Served with french fries and sides of peas and cauliflower in panang curry sauce.

I dont know what Fusion Cooking really is, but this dish must come close, it blends Californian, Japanese, Thai, French and Indian cuisines together in a delicious dinner.
You will feel like a restaurant chef, orchestrating all these recipes simultaneously from scratch, or you can go easy and buy ready made ingredients in the store.

California Farm Tandoori Smoked Tofu Dinner

Firm tofu absorbs tandoori marinade like chicken and cooks moist and tender on a bamboo skewer in the air fryer. Turn golden in the tandoori hardwood smoke.
Served with french fries and sides of peas and cauliflower in panang curry sauce.

I dont know what Fusion Cooking really is, but this dish must come close, it blends Californian, Japanese, Thai, French and Indian cuisines together in a delicious dinner.
You will feel like a restaurant chef, orchestrating all these recipes simultaneously from scratch, or you can go easy and buy ready made ingredients in the store.

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Ingredients

1 hour
2 people
  1. 2 cupsfirm tofu, store bought or home made, cut in square cubes, marinaded, skewered and smoked between olives
  2. 12Preserved olives
  3. 1 cupTandoori marinade, with home made greek yoghurt or store bought
  4. 1/2 cuphardwood pellets with 2 Tbs clarified ghee butter for tandoori smoke
  5. 1 Tbspanang paste, store bought or home made
  6. 1 cupcoconut milk, for panang sauce with cup steamed peas and cup cauliflower florets
  7. 2yukon or russet potatoes, scrubbed, peels on
  8. 2 Tbspeanut oil, used from quart of filtered peanut oil for frying
  9. Equipment: stove with 4 burners, air fryer oven, 2 soaked bamboo skewers, deep fryer, oil funnelfilter, cast iron dutch oven, lid, steamer, saucepan, lid, foodprocessor, metal cup, deep skillet, timer
  10. Cost: everything home made and grown, under $2; store bought, tofu $2, tandoori marinade $1, coconut milk $1, panang paste 20 cents, olives/vegetables/other $1, a sumptious big $2.60 farm dinner

Cooking Instructions

1 hour
  1. 1

    Make the marinade. Fry fresh spices first in peanut oil, then add dry spices, roast till fragrant. Add thick greek yoghurt, stir. Add 1/2 Tsp turmeric dissolved in Tbs lime juice, stir into marinade for color.

  2. 2

    Marinade the tofu on the skewers, half hour. Smoke and grill half hour in air fryer Clarify 2 Tbs unsalted butter (ghee) so it does not splatter, heat hardwood pellets with clarified butter, light 2 minutes, blow out flame, place inside air fryer oven to produce smoke, preheat to 400F degrees.

  3. 3

    Steam the peas and cauliflower florets in dutch oven with lid till al dente, stir into the panang sauce, set aside, keep warm.

  4. 4

    Reconstitute organic coconut milk from dry shredded coconut flesh. When the shredded coconut flesh has softened, run milk through food processor till creamy and smooth. Add panang curry paste to coconut milk and make panang sauce. Mix with vegetables.

  5. 5

    Cut the yukon potato in 1/2” strips, skin on. While the oil heats, soak fries in water to remove starch, drip dry. Heat oil to 350F. Fry the french fries 5 minutes. Lift out of oil, raise temperature to 375 F, crisp 2 minutes, drain oil off. Serve. Cool oil, filter the oil for reuse with funnel.

  6. 6

    Grill smoke the marinaded tofu and olive skewers. Grill smoke 30 minutes, fingertest tofu for juicyness, finished when color is golden.

  7. 7

    Serve tofu and olive skewers with french fries, panang curry cauliflower and panang curry peas in coconut milk on the side. Enjoy.

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I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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