How to cook Sweet & Sour Tofu

My sister Melissa decided to cook a vegetarian dish earlier today. She used tofu this time. So here’s her version of Sweet and Sour Tofu.

Sweet & Sour Tofu

Ingredients:

water

cooking oil

tofu (tokwa), cut into squares

green beans (Baguio beans), sliced crosswise

1 pc medium-size carrot (karot), peeled and sliced

1 pc medium-size onion (sibuyas), peeled and minced

1 small can pineapple juice

6 cloves of garlic (bawang), crushed and minced

4 tablespoons cornstarch

3 tablespoons ketchup

salt (asin) to taste

sugar (asukal) to taste

ground black pepper (paminta) to taste

soy sauce (toyo) to taste

2 pcs chili pepper (siling labuyo), optional

sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) to taste, optional

Instructions:

Mix 2 tablespoons cornstarch and soy sauce then coat tofu with cornstarch mixture. Fry tofu in cooking oil until golden brown. Set aside. Dissolve the remaining 2 tablespoons of cornstarch in ½ cup of water. Set aside. Sauté garlic in a saucepan until golden brown then add onion. Add fried tofu, vegetables, pineapple juice, dissolved cornstarch, and other seasonings. Stir carefully until sauce thickens. Remove from heat then serve.

Enjoy!

- Kwento ni Remus Mark