I wanted something with red sauce to signify that it takes courage to eat this dish because it is spicy, but because I can't consume too much spicy food, I will make my own recipe that can arouse my appetite with its distinctive color and not too spicy taste. And I named this recipe spicy sour tofu stew.
Ingredients that I need to prepare
1. White tofu (in my country there is white tofu that is sold per pack with 9 tofu that is slightly small in size and that is what I use in making this recipe.
2. Onions (I use 1 small onion)
3. Shallots (in this recipe use 2-3 cloves of shallots and adjust to the size of the shallots. While the shallots that I use are small)
4. 2 cloves of garlic
5. 2 pieces of red chili
6. 2 pieces of small tomatoes
7. Purut lime leaves are adjusted and the function of these leaves is to make the stir-fried sauce more fragrant and have a light taste
8. ½ tablespoon of salt
9. 1 tablespoon of sweet and spicy chili sauce
10. Dried wood ear mushrooms are adjusted according to size and I only use 1 piece of dried wood ear mushroom because the size is slightly larger.
How to make:
1. The first thing to do is soak the dried wood ear mushrooms until they expand as seen in the picture and after they expand then I cut them a little roughly so that they are not too big
2. Then the next step is I start cleaning the shallots, garlic, red chilies and tomatoes which I then puree
3. After the ingredients are smooth I saute them and I add the kaffir lime leaves so that they smell good then I stir until the ingredients are even and not burnt after boiling I add the white tofu one by one so that it doesn't break, because I don't fry it first
4. After that I put in the wood ear mushrooms that I had cut earlier together with the onions that I had also cleaned and thinly sliced first
5. After all the ingredients are in then I add the sweet and spicy chili sauce and don't forget the salt
6. After that I add 1 glass of water, stir slowly so that all the ingredients are mixed evenly and the tofu doesn't break, let it boil for about 3 minutes on medium heat then correct the taste and after it feels right to your taste turn off the stove
7. The stir-fried tofu is ready to be served.
This thick red sauce is obtained from sauce and tomatoes and finely ground spices. It doesn't taste too spicy because I can't consume spicy anymore due to my digestion which is often disturbed. So the level of spiciness that I want is like this, not too spicy, fragrant from the Purut lime leaves, a little sour from the tomatoes and the sauce that makes me more appetizing to eat it and of course the color also arouses the appetite of people who see it. If you like this recipe you can copy it and thank you for accepting my recipe. Greetings from maytom, Indonesia