A delicious and easy soy – free alternative to standard tofu 🤤
Absolutely obsessed with my homemade chickpea tofu . This need only 4 ingredients😍 It’s so easy to make and is incredibly tasty and versatile.This one is perfect for adding to your vegan meals. You can even bake this for a crunchy texture and you can add it to your curries or soups. No more processing, it pure chickpeas. Do give this a try and start living a healthy lifestyle. It’s worth trying ❤️😍
Chickpea tofu is made by cooking split pea flour or chickpea flour and water batter until it thickens and can set. One of the other methods is to soak the split chickpeas, blend and use that batter.
Chickpea flour is mixed with water to form a smooth batter. The batter thickens into a thick custard like consistency which sets and can be easily sliced. I use these properties of chickpea flour in many recipes, l
Ingredients:
●1 cup chickpea flour/besan
●Salt to taste
●1/4 tsp garlic powder
●1/4 tsp turmeric
●1/4 tsp cumin or garam masala , optional
●2 cups water
Method:
◆Grease a bread pan or line with parchment and keep ready.
◆In a bowl whisk all the ingredients until there are no lumps.
◆Pour the chickpea flour mixture into a deep saucepan. Cook over medium heat. Stir continuously. The mixture will start to get lumpy as the pan heats up (see video) and then thicken evenly and considerably. Cook for about 4 to 5 mins.
◆Once the mixture is evenly thick and stiff, keep cooking for another 2 minutes so the chickpea flour gets cooked through. You can taste test the mixture at this point carefully, to ensure that there is no raw chickpea flour flavor and adjust salt if needed.
◆Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf pan or parchment and even it out using a spatula or another parchment . Let it cool, then refrigerate for atleast 2 to 3 hours
◆Remove the set slab from the refrigerator. Slice into cubes. Store in an airtight container. It stays fresh in refrigerator for about a month.
Recipe Video Link : https://youtu.be/M5BzU_7xmhY
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