Tofu chatpata salad

I find tofu great replacement for paneer, very much suitable for salads.

INGREDIENTS:

Tofu: - 2 cups (chopped into small pieces and squeezed to remove extra water)

Tomatoes: - 3 medium sized one (while chopping make sure juice doesn’t spill)

Onions: - 1 large (cut into medium sized pieces)

Carrots: - 1 ½ cup

Matar: - 1 cup (you can use frozen ones)

(You can use spring onions, beet root too)

Crushed garlic pods: - 3-4(even this is optional)

Olive Oil: - ½ tablespoon

Butter: - 1 teaspoon

Chilly sauce: - 1 ½ teaspoon

Tomato sauce: - 1 ½ teaspoon (adjust quantity of sauces according to taste. We eat less sweet…so I used chilly sauce more)

Chilly flakes: - ½ teaspoon

Tomato puree: - 1 Teaspoon (can be avoided)

Vinegar: - 1 teaspoon

Salt: - as required

METHOD:-

1. Wash well tofu and squeeze out extra water.
2. Heat butter in a pan and fry tofu pieces till they are golden brown.
3. In a bowl take all the chopped veggies add fried tofu (Here I blanched carrot and matar a bit as hubby doesn’t eat raw carrots)
4. Add chilly sauce, tomato sauce, tomato puree, vinegar and mix well all the ingredients
5. Heat olive oil in the pan and fry garlic pods and chilly flakes.
6. Add them to the bowl. Mix well with ladle.
7. Let it stay for 30 min. It really tastes good!!