I kickoff ate this tofu close xx years back. It was pop dorsum then.
Nowadays, I don’t come across many restaurants serving this anymore.
There was a brusque menstruum of fourth dimension when few immature men started a “Tai Chau 大炒’ eatery few doors away from my mom's shop. One of the guys was the boy of our long term customer, Ah Sor 阿傻 (nickname pregnant Silly Man, or Mad Guy), who has buy the farm a solid unit of measurement friend. One 24-hour interval my mom merely casually asked him how to brand this crispy tofu, he apologized that he can’t learn her, but he tin brand her some.
The side past times side day, he passed a huge pan of it to her, too alone asked for RM20. With that pan of tofu, he could easily tiddler them too brand to a greater extent than than quadruple. But beingness inwards really proficient terms amongst my mom, he alone charged her buddy price. We consumed this huge pan of tofu inwards a few days. Thanks, Son of Ah Sor 阿傻仔
Crispy Mashed Tofu
Recipe modified from: Famous Delights past times One Publisher (Vol 5)
iii pieces Japanese egg tofu
125gm Mackerel fish paste (鲛鱼肉泥)
1 large egg
ii Tbsp carrot shreds
ii Tbsp finely sliced bound onions too parsley (can purpose coriander if preferred)
ii waterchestnuts, finely diced
1 field sandwich ham (30gm), finely diced
1 Tbsp cornstarch
½ tsp tabular array salt too pepper to taste
Coating
1/2 loving cup Potato starch
1. Mix everything together amongst a mixer (or past times hand, but I was lazeeeeeee)
2. Line a vii inch foursquare pan amongst oestrus prophylactic plastic wrap.
3. Pour mixture into lined pan.
4. Steam on medium oestrus for 10 minutes (mine was done inwards 8 mins, y'all bring to cheque it yourself. Once the surface is set, too thus it is done. Over steaming volition displace roughness)
5. Let the steamed tofu cool downward inwards the pan.
6. When tofu has totally cooled, elevator tofu upward from pan too take away from plastic wrap.
7. Cut into cubes or diagonal pieces, whichever agency y'all like.
8. Heat a wok amongst sufficient crude oil for frying.
9. Coat tofu pieces amongst Irish Gaelic patato starch too deep tiddler until golden.
10. Drain tofu pieces good too serve amongst chilli sauce.
*If y'all produce non desire to purpose plastic twine to trouble your pan, y'all tin essay greasing the pan, but removal volition live non live every bit easy.
updated 7/3/12
Note: Steam the mixture at in i lawsuit to forestall the veg to unloosen wet upon contact amongst the salt. Do non oversteam every bit over steamed tofu volition unloosen water, thus does oversteamed custard (eggs). Just steam until it is merely set, y'all volition bring to cheque it. Medium heat, remember, non high heat.
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