It has been a busy and productive week. Beach, wineries, cooking challenges and looking for a new washer/dryer. The other exciting thing is that I start my new job this week. Gone are the days where I can spend a lot of time on blogging. It is time that I do some serious award winning projects. That aside, I will still continue with the challenges. I can find time somehow.
I made some peanut sauce for my first ever Daring Cooks Challenge – Chicken Satay and so decided to use the same sauce the next day for this week’s Meatless Day. Very little cooking is required. I bought fresh deep fried tofu from Footscray market and the rest are just whatever vegetables that tickles your fancy. To make the tofu yourself, you will need to get the firm tofu, coat it with seasoned flour and deep fry or shallow fry it till it is golden brown.
Fried tofu
Ingredients:
- 4 pieces of fried tofu, sliced thinly
- 4 cucumbers
- 2 sweet corn
- 4 hard boil eggs
- Peanut sauce – recipe here
Sliced tofu, eggs, cucumber and sweet corn
Method:
- Remove the corn kernels and place it in a salted boiling water to cook. Drain the water and allow it to cool
- Skin and slice the cucumbers lengthwise. Use a teaspoon to remove the seeds
- Add the sliced tofu, cucumber, sweet corn and quartered boiled egg and stir through with the peanut sauce
Tofu salad with peanut sauce
This is such a versatile dish. It is like a Gado Gado that I had made recently. I added tofu puffs, fried tofu, bean sprouts, spinach, string beans and topped it with fried shallots.
Party food
It is just perfect for summer. You get the crunch from all the fresh vegetables, the softness from the tofu and the big flavour from the peanut sauce. The peanut sauce can be prepped the night before and tastes even better the next day.
Weekdays are always so busy with work and so I will have to keep my dishes very simple and easy to cook. At least I am sticking to the challenge and this week I am pleased that 3 bloggers have jumped onto the band wagon.
- injerarufus @ blahblogblah – New routines
- jenny @ hummingbirdappetite – Southwestern hash & eggs
- Divina @ Sense & Serendipity – Lentil Stew
Thanks guys, I really appreciate the support. It will be great if more could join in. If you cannot commit to once a week, even once every 2 weeks is good and slowly build it up to once a week.
Happy meatless day! 
Do you have a suggestion for a nut free sauce to go with this dish?
Looks awesome! Fried is good, especially fried tofu!
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That looks great and refreshing for summer and even here which is bright and sunny. And there’s four of us now. I have a sesame and miso dressing on my blog that I think would go well with this salad.
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Coincidentally, I have had braised tofu last night and fried tofu the day before last night. Yeah, I’m a big fan of tofu.
Your tofu salad is very refreshing in this hot weather. I might do some as well.
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That looks great!!!!!
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This looks great!
What a beautiful tabel set up! 
Very well done!
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Beautiful tofu salad with peanut sauce. I won’t substitute the sauce with any other. It reminds me of the Indian rojak back home.
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A delicious salad and sounds good with the peanut sauce!
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Wow, what a table spread! I hope it wasn’t just the two of you eating all that!
That salad looks great, makes me want to eat that in the middle of winter here.
You’re getting some great dishes out with this meatless challenge.
All the best with the new job!!
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Our dryer is on it’s last leg…will be shopping for a new one soon as well!
This salad really has a lot going for it…fried tofu and peanut sauce; great combination!
@Hummingbird Appetite – Thanks for joining me
@Divina – Oh yes. That sounds really good too.
@Christine@Christine’s Recipes – That’s it. The lighter the better
@Trix – Thanks
@Miranda – That was quite a feast we had
@Janice – Make it as a side dish. It would work
@Maggie – That was the post Christmas spread…. no, I don’t think I could have managed without the others
@Conor @ HoldtheBeef – It does get easier as the week progresses
@Debi – Got ourselves a new 2nd hand machine. Pretty damn good
I like this. Remember when I was a kid, they used to sell stuffed fried tofu, slit open the tofu, add in towgay, sengkuang shreds, cucumber shreds and then top with yummy peanut sauce. Thinking about it is so salivating! Got your email, thanks.
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This is my kind of recipe, love tofu, especially fried tofu.
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