Tandoori Tempeh Tikka

As you know my husband needs to eat fermented food, so I got two packets of tempeh, he finished one but didn't warned to eat second one.  So he told me that I can use it for my purpose. Ok I am all in. Didn't wanted to make same Chinese dish with it, wanted to try something new. So made tikka from it and added green and red capsicum along-with onion and pineapple pieces and my diner was done. Tempeh is nothing but fermented soya ,stacked in patty form , its good to make burgers, i made meatballs from it. It has very distinct taste so if you are up for challenge then you can have this.

Ingredients :

4 oz. tempeh, cut in cubes

1 each green and red capsicum cut in cubes

1 onion cut in cubes

1/2 cup fresh pineapple cut in cubes

2 cups yogurt

1 tbsp. ginger, garlic chili paste

3 tbsp. tandoori masala , i like spicy so I added 3, you can adjust as per your taste.

Salt as per taste

Method:

In a big bowl, add yogurt in it. add ginger, garlic, chili paste and tandoori masala , salt and mix it. 

Add cut vegetables and tempeh and let it marinade for 2-3 hours. I knew that I was going to make this so I keep it in marinade for 4 hours.

When its time to cook , you can grill it on grill, stove top , oven , its your choice.

I did it in my grill pan on stove top.

Cook it till you get charred vegetables and it cooks but still have some bite.

Take it out and enjoy with green chutney. 

You can make a wrap out of it too.

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Indonesian Sambal Goreng(Curry) with Tempeh

I got this nice tempeh package few weeks back and was thinking every weekend to make something out of it and didn't get a chance but one weekend I just take it out and make this curry. It was so flavorful that you just need a white rice with this. Its not that hard to cook and all the ingredients are there in your pantry if you are a foodie. First you have to make Sambal which is spicy sauce and then mix the vegetables along with tempeh and wait till vegetables cook, pour over steamed rice and enjoy. Sounds easy, making it was easy too. Color looks like Thai yellow or panang curry but taste so different. The traditional dish has chicken / pork or any meat items but I made it with tempeh you can use tofu or paneer too. I use more red chilies for my spicy taste but again you can adjust the spiciness as per your taste.

Ingredients :

6 oz. Tempeh, I used half of my 12 oz. package, cut in cubes

1 potato cut in cubes
10 green beans cut in small size
1 carrot cut
1/4 cup shelled Edamame (green soybeans)
1 tomato chopped
salt to taste
1 tsp or as per taste brown sugar
1/2 cup thick coconut milk
1 cup vegetable broth
1 tsp. ground coriander powder
Lime juice as per taste
1 Bayleaf
few slices of ginger
1 tsp. of oil

Ingredients for Sambal (Spice paste):

6 shallot cloves peeled
5 garlic cloves peeled
3 large dried Mexican chilies (Anaheim , california red dry chili) (soaked in  warm water for 10 minutes and then remove the seeds)
3 green Thai Chili or  1 Serrano chili , Less for less spicy, more for more spicy.

Method:

Put all the spice paste in blender and make a fine puree. If its too thick add that chili soaking water to make thin. Keep it aside.

Heat a wok, add oil in it. When its hot, add the spice paste. Stir fry for good 10 minutes , if it become dry, add that chili soaking water.
Add bay leaf and ginger in it. Then add potatoes, tomato, beans. Add broth just that much so all the vegetables are covered in it.
Let it cook till potatoes are almost done, Then add carrot, edamame, tempeh , salt, brown sugar and coriander powder.
Last add coconut milk and check for the seasoning.

Lastly add lime juice.
Served on top of steamed rice and enjoy.

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Speghetti and Tempeh "Meatballs"

Who says Vegetarian food can be boring? I am not. You have to look for the products in your supermarket and try it and make something new out of it. I was also looking for meatball recipe not from soya granules for a change. Because it requires eggs in the recipe and I do not wanted to add eggs, so When I got Tempeh I was pretty sure where and how I am going to use it. Then I find this recipe so without any delay I make it , bake it, use it and enjoy it. You can too, just follow this recipe or you can adjust the seasoning as per your taste and make it. Only changes I did from recipe is that it says use onion powder and garlic powder instead of that I use one white onion and whole bulb of garlic and it come out great. I baked it , next time I will fry it to see the difference in taste.

Ingredients :

Half package Whole wheat speghetti ( you can use thin or flat your choice0
1 bottole of good marinara sauce ( i used Ragu)
Parmasean cheese for sprikle
1 tsp italian seasoning
1 carrot chopped
1 onion chopped
few black olives chopped
6-7 cloves of garlic chopped

For Meatballs:
1 package of Tempeh
1 onion
6-8 cloves of garlic
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup Balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil
salt and black pepper to taste
1 tsp red chili flake ( per taste)
1 tsp Italian seasoning

Method:
Cut the Tempeh in 1 inch cubes and steam it for 15 minutes

Pre heat the oven at 350 F.
Place the Tempeh and under listed ingredients in food processor and process until tempeh is totally broken off and everything comes together nice.

steam Tempeh

Lightly grease baking dish and make a one inch  meatballs and place it on cooking sheet.

Makes 16 Meatballs

Bake it in the oven for 20 -30 minutes until it nice and brown froll all side. chage their sides so it cookes from all the sides.


Assembly :

Now make pasta as per the package direction.
Heat a tsp of olive oil and add chopped garlic, when oil become garlicky, add vegetables and cook for 2 minutes.
Add pasta sauce, italian seasoning and cover and boil for 5 minutes. that will give cooking for whole day kind a flavor. Sprinkle some parmasean cheese.

Sauce ready

Add pasta and meatballs and mix it up nicely .
Take a bowl and enjoy little trip to Italy without leaving your house. You can have this with Garlic bread and red wine. choice is yours.
Manja Manja !

 Recipe source for meatballs is here.

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