Vegan Malaysian Peanut Curry With Tofu

This flavourful peanut curry is super comforting vegan that everyone will love and is my latest addition to my back pocket repertoire of simple and fast weeknight meals! I enjoy making my curries from scratch and adding loads of fresh veggies to them.  It only takes me 40 minutes from start to finish.

This Malaysian inspired vegan peanut curry is rich, full with flavour and absolutely delicious. It's a great option when you have people over. Depending on your guest preferences, you can make this curry milder or spicier.

Ingredients:

For marinating tofu:

• 500g firm or extra firm tofu
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp sweet paprika
• 1 tsp sugar

For the peanut curry:

• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2 red chillies, chopped
• 1 thumb size ginger, grated or finely chopped
• 1 small carrot, finely chopped
• 500ml vegetable stock
• 100g peanut butter
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 400ml coconut milk
• chopped vegetables of your choice

Method:

For the tofu: Cut the tofu block into cubes and prepare the marinade. Mix in a small bowl soy sauce, cinnamon, turmeric, cumin, coriander powder and sugar. Add the marinate onto the tofu, mix with your hands and leave marinating while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.

For the peanut curry: Heat some oil in a pan and add garlic, onion, red chillies, ginger and carrot. Stir fry for 2 minutes until the onion has softened and all the ingredients are cooked and transfer into a big jug.

Add the vegetable stock, peanut butter, sugar and soy sauce. Blend all the ingredients using a hand blender until you have a smooth sauce.

Using the same pan, add some more oil if needed, heat the oil and add the tofu and chopped vegetables of your choice.

Cook for 3 minutes until the vegetables started to golden. Pour the peanut sauce and coconut milk. Bring to simmer and leaving simmering for about 15 minutes. Adjust with salt to taste and your curry will be ready to enjoy.

Garnish with some coriander leaves, chopped chilli and crush peanuts.