Mun-Tofu

My ultimate comfort food.

Ingredients:

• Half block of tofu
• 100 gr of medium shrimps
• 1 carrots, diced
• 1/4 cup of sweet peas
• 1 black mushroom (optional)
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 cm ginger, crushed
• 1 green onion, chopped
• 1 cup of chicken broth
• 1/2 Tbsp of soy sauce
• 2 tsp of sesame oil
• dash of maggie sauce
• dash of pepper and salt
• 1 egg (optional) 
• 2 tsp of corn starch mix into 1 tbsp of water. (thickening agent)

1. Heat the wok, add 2 Tbsp of oil, fry the garlic and ginger until fragrance, add the shrimps, cook until the shrimps change its color, add carrots, and add the maggie sauce. The maggie sauce will seep into the carrots and shrimps, so your shrimps and carrots will have its unique flavor. 
2. Add the tofu into the wok, and add the chicken broth, cover the wok, and cook until boiling and the carrots tender, and then add the rest of the ingredients except the thickening agent. If you using the egg, crack the egg into the bowl, mix it and swirl the egg into the wok. Last add the thickening agent and serve.

Tofu mini burger

Ingredients:

• 1 package of tofu (drained the water using paper towel)
• 200 gr peeled shrimps (drained the excess water in the shrimps using paper towel)
• 1 green onion
• 1 celery
• 2 T. fried shallots (opt for prepackage)
• 3 t. fried garlic cloves
• 1 T. coriander
• 1/2 t. white pepper
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1 t. chicken powder
• 2 T. corn starch

Mix all the ingredients above in the food processor, and form them in to small burger patties, fried them into 1 cm thick oil in the wok, until they turn golden brown, drained and serve.

n.b. : If not using food processor, chopped the shrimps, green onion, celery finely first before mashed them all together using wire masher.

Tahu Tempe Kecap

Ingredients:

• 1 block of tofu, chopped squarely
• 1 block of fermented soy bean (Tempe) chopped squarely
• 4 shallots, chopped finely
• 2 garlic, chopped finely
• 4 red chilli pepper, slice thin diagonal
• 2 lime leaves
• 2 cm of crushed galangal

Sauce: (Combine all the sauce in the small bowl)

• 3 Tbsp sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)
• 1 Tbsp ketchup
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp white pepper
• 1 tsp sugar

1. Deep fried tofu and tempe until they turn golden brown and crisp, drain and set aside.
2. Heat the wok, and add 2 Tbsp of oil, fry the shallots and garlic, add the chilli pepper, galangal and lime leaves, stir fry until the shallots turn brown, then add the tofu and tempe, last but not least add the sauce, stir until all the ingredient mix evenly, and serve.

Fried Tofu with Spicy Beef

Ingredient:

• Half block of tofu, chopped squarely
• 100 gr of ground beef
• 3 red chilli pepper, slice thinly (or more to make it hot)
• 2 shallots, chopped finely
• 2 garlic, chopped finely

Sauce:

• 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp sugar

1. Deep fried the tofu until it turn golden yellow, set aside.
2. Heat the wok on high, add 3 tbsp of oil, fry the shallots and garlic till fragrance, add in chilli pepper, stir.
3. Add the ground beef, stir until the beef turn color, pour down the sauce.
4. turn down the heat to medium, cook til the sauce thicken out, and add in the tofu, stir fry quickly and serve.

Pipa tofu

Pipa Tofu was inspired after the traditional instrument of china named pi-pa because they shared the same shape, feel free to correct me if i was wrong, but others than that this dish is delicious.

Ingredient:

• 1 Pack of medium firm tofu (wrap in paper towel to drain the water and mashed)
• 100 gram of deshelled shrimp (approximately 10-12 shrimp) chopped finely
• 100 gram ground pork
• 1 Dried shitake mushroom (Soak in hot water to soften and chopped finely)
• 2 tbsp of maizena flour
• 1 egg white
• 1 green onion chopped finely (optional)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1/2 tsp sesame oil

1. Mix all the Ingredient above to make the batter.
note: If you have food processor, throw all the ingredient inside the food processor to make the batter.
2. Heat the work, add 5tbsp of oil
3. Form the batter with the spoon
4. Fried it until golden brown on both side. set aside

Sauce:

• 1 tsp chicken bouillon (mix with 1/2 cup of hot water) or simply use 1/2 cup of chicken broth
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• pepper according to taste
• 1 tsp of maizena flour mix with 1tbsp of water

1. Heat all the ingredient in the wok/pan. Thicken it with maizena flour. pour over the tofu.
2. To garnish, blanch bokchoy with hot water for 3 minutes. and set it on plate before pouring the sauce
3. To give the sweet taste on the sauce, you could add kecap manis to it. (this step is optional)

Domino-Tofu

Ingredient:

• 1 pack of Tofu, cut accordingly
• 1 clove garlic mince well
• 2 shallots mince well
• 1 green onion mince well
• 1 tsp mince ginger
• 1 red chilli pepper sliced finely
• celery leaves according to taste (optional)
• 1tsp of maizena flour mix with 1tbsp of cold water (thickening agent)

Sauce: (mix in small bowl for later use)

• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp kecap manis
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp white pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup of water

1. Drain the Tofu with paper towel before frying, Deep fry the tofu (splatter alert!) until golden yellow, remove and set aside.
2. Fry the garlic, shallots and ginger with 1 tbsp of vegetable oil till fragrance, and then add chilli pepper, green onion and celery leaves.
3. Add in the ground pork and stir fry it till the pork meat change its color.
4. Add the mix sauce to the wok and water. Cook till the sauce boil and add the maizena mixture to thicken the sauce.
5. Pour the ground meat over the fried tofu and serve.

Tofu cook with Beijing Style.

Level of difficulty: Low
Level of complicated-ness: Low
Time of preparation: +/- 15 minutes
Time of cooking: +/- 15 minutes

Ingredient:

• Half Pack of Medium firm tofu
• 1/4 Cup of all purpose flour
• 1 Egg
• 1/2 Cup of Chicken stock
• 1 Green Onion (Diced)
• 2 cm of Ginger (Diced finely)
• 1 t. sesame oil
• 1 t. cooking wine
• 1/2 t. salt

Direction:
1. Cut the Tofu accordingly, dip it into the flour, and then dip it into beaten egg, fried over medium heat, using 2 Tablespoons of cooking oil for 1 minute. Turn on the other side and add 2 tablespoon of oil, fried over 1 minute.
2. Sprinkle green onion and ginger on the top of the tofu, and then add the chicken stock, salt, and sesame oil.
3. Pierce the tofu with fork, so the liquid of chicken stock could absorb well, turn the heat low and cook till the stock reduce.

note: I'm using chicken broth from carton not the cube, if you are using the cube chicken stock, skip the salt.

Angsio Tofu

Level of difficulty: Very Low
Level of complicated-ness: Low
Time of preparation: +/- 10 minutes
Time of cooking: +/- 5 minutes

Ingredients:

• Fried tofu (I used 1 block of Tofu and fried it)
• 10 Hioko Mushrooms (slice well)
  
• 2 cloves Garlic
• 2 tbsp Oyster Sauce*
• 1 tbsp Soy Sauce*
• 1 tsp Sesame oil*
• a pinch of Salt, Sugar and Pepper
• mix 1 tbsp of Corn Starch with 3 tbsp of water (Tepung Maizena dicairin)

*mix all the sauces in a bowl

Directions:

• cook garlic in medium heat, until it turn a bit brown.
• add the tofu and mushroom, stir it well
• add the sauces and a bit of water
• last but not least add corn starch to thicken the sauce
• angsio tofu is ready to be served

recipe modified from here
tofunya bisa dipake yang siap jadi (yang uda digoreng) bisa di beli di asian grocery store.