Saag Tofu

Submitted by Reddyrat

"This is a wonderfully easy recipe. With the yogurt and garam masala, the dish has a nice spice, but is not spicy-hot. I used 1 cup of fat-free plain yogurt. I highly recommend it for an easy weeknight meal. Serve it with rice."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb firm tofu, cubed
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 4 teaspoons garam masala
• 4 teaspoons kosher salt
• 3 medium garlic cloves, sliced
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 2 medium plum tomatoes, chopped
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 lb spinach
• 1⁄2 - 1 cup plain yogurt

directions

1. Mix tofu with 1 T of the vegetable oil, 2 teaspoons of the garam masala, and 2 teaspoons of the kosher salt (or about 1 tspn of table salt). Mix carefully.
2. Put tofu in a single layer of a 12-inch skillet and cook until it is browned, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
3. Put garlic and onion in pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender, about 3 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and ginger and cook about 2 minutes.
4. Add spinach in several bunches and stir frequently. Cook until spinach is very wilted and liquid is cooked off, about 7 minutes. Stir in reserved tofu and cook until heated through, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir together remaining garam masala, remaining salt, and yogurt and add to spinach mixture. Stir until well mixed.

Reviews

[zaar junkie]

Please don't make the same mistake I did and substitute frozen spinach for fresh! It was horrible. I'll need to get ahold of some fresh spinach and try again.

 

[Dawa4905]

This dish is quick and easy and probably really healthy. However, I found it somewhat lacking in flavour - not enough richness in the spices (I guess this is not surprising looking at the ingredient list). Not a bad recipe - but not something I'd cook often.

 

[VegSocialWorker]

We thought this was quite tasty and it was a snap to cook. I used soy yogurt which was a tad bit sweet (no credit taken away for my sub!) We like a little stronger flavor and would add more spices next time. I was super happy to find this recipe. Thanks for posting!

 

[Kumquat the Cats fr]

Was not sure how to rate this at first. It seemed awfully salty to me, but BF liked it a lot. I don't rate on the basis of how my BF likes a recipe, but I will make an exception because I made a few mistakes with it, such as adding all the salt and garam masala first. I do really like all the ingredients, and I like healthful recipes, and I loved the taste with the exception of excess salt. 5 stars if you omit half the salt (I used sea salt instead of kosher, and used 0% Greek yogurt). Nevertheless I ate it all and will have leftovers for lunch tomorrow:).