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Tofu Eggplant Curry

By: 👩‍🦳 Linda · Published: 🖨 July 18, 2014 · Updated: 💻July 22, 2017 · 🗨 6 Comments

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This easy to prepare Tofu Eggplant Curry is delicious and flavorful. Serve it with rice for a satisfying vegetarian meal.

This easy to prepare Tofu Eggplant Curry is delicious and flavorful. Serve it with rice for a satisfying vegetarian meal. | RotiNRice.com

Tofu is one of my favorite ingredients. It is very versatile and can be used in a variety of dishes. Its mild flavor enables it to be paired with most other ingredients. In fact, it absorbs all those flavors, making it really tasty.

Tofu comes in different textures which allows for it to be steamed, fried, and braised. Generally, silken or soft tofu is usually steamed and paired with milder flavors. Firmer tofu is often fried or braised and paired with stronger flavors.

This easy to prepare Tofu Eggplant Curry is delicious and flavorful. Serve it with rice for a satisfying vegetarian meal. | RotiNRice.com

This easy to prepare Tofu Eggplant Curry is delicious and flavorful. Serve it with rice for a satisfying vegetarian meal. | RotiNRice.com

When it comes to eggplant, we have a variety to choose from. Slender Chinese eggplants are my favorite as they are sweeter and more tender. The round green eggplants you see in the picture below are Thai eggplants. They have a firmer texture and are great in curries. Most Asian markets carry Thai eggplants during the summer months.

Today’s tasty Tofu Eggplant Curry is a favorite that I have cooked many times. Firm tofu is used in place of meat in this curry. Pan frying gives the cubed tofu a light crust which helps prevent it from breaking up too easily in the pot.

This easy to prepare Tofu Eggplant Curry is delicious and flavorful. Serve it with rice for a satisfying vegetarian meal. | RotiNRice.com
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Tofu Eggplant Curry

This easy to prepare Tofu Eggplant Curry is delicious and flavorful. Serve it with rice for a satisfying vegetarian meal.
Author : Linda Ooi
Course : Side Dish
Cuisine : Fusion
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Total Time 40 mins
Servings : 4
Calories : 407kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 14 oz firm tofu (396g)
  • 4 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 onion (cut into chunks)
  • 3 cloves garlic (thinly sliced)
  • 1 inch ginger (peeled and julienned)
  • 3 tbsp curry powder
  • 1½ cups coconut milk (360ml)
  • 6 Thai eggplants (cut into quarters)
  • 1 Chinese eggplant (cut into chunks)
  • 1 tsp salt

Instructions
 

  • Place tofu in a shallow dish with another heavy flat bottom dish on the top. Leave it for 10 minutes to press out all excess liquid. Drain and cut tofu into ¾ inch cubes.
  • Heat a tablespoon of oil in a non-stick fry pan. Pan fry cubed tofu on all sides until golden brown. This should take about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove and set aside.
  • Add remaining 3 tablespoons vegetable oil to a medium sized pot. Stir fry onion, garlic, and ginger over medium heat for 2 minutes.
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  • Add curry powder and continue to fry for another 3 minutes. Pour in coconut milk and bring it to a boil.
  • Add Thai and Chinese eggplants. Cover, reduce heat, and allow eggplants to cook for 5 minutes.
  • Add pan fried tofu and salt. Cook for another 3 minutes.
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  • Turn off stove and allow curry to sit for 10 minutes before serving.

Nutrition

Serving: 4gCalories: 407kcal
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If you are new to tofu, this Tofu Eggplant Curry is the dish to try. The curry sauce lends a wonderful flavor to the meaty tofu and the two types of eggplants provide varying textures to the dish. It is best served with a bowl of rice.

This easy to prepare Tofu Eggplant Curry is delicious and flavorful. Serve it with rice for a satisfying vegetarian meal. | RotiNRice.com

This easy to prepare Tofu Eggplant Curry is delicious and flavorful. Serve it with rice for a satisfying vegetarian meal. | RotiNRice.com

Enjoy…..and have a wonderful day! 😎

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  1. rebecca says

    July 18, 2014 at 10:00 pm

    this looks wonderful can you use a regular Indian curry powder ?

    Reply
    • Linda says

      July 18, 2014 at 10:06 pm

      Yes, Rebecca! Please use any kind of curry powder you have. The taste will differ slightly but it will still be very tasty. 🙂

      Reply
  2. nipponnin says

    July 21, 2014 at 6:28 pm

    Very nice dish. The round egg plant is new to me, looks so cute!

    Reply
  3. Ramona says

    July 22, 2014 at 10:17 am

    Sounds like my kind of dish… then again… I can never turn curry down. 🙂

    Reply
  4. hanna henschel says

    June 11, 2015 at 7:15 am

    can i use regular eggplant?

    Reply
    • Linda says

      June 11, 2015 at 7:43 am

      Yes, you can. You may have to cook it just a wee bit longer as the regular eggplants are firmer.

      Reply

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