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Tofu Cashew Curry

This Tofu Cashew Curry is the perfect veggie-packed comfort food! We are using cashews for the base of the creamy sauce and adding lots of broccoli, tofu, and carrots.

Tofu Cashew Curry

I will never, ever get bored of curries. There are just too many possibilities!

I just love the combination of broccoli, tofu, and red curry paste in curries. Usually, I use coconut milk for my curries (like this Vegan Coconut Curry with Crispy Tofu) but lately, I’ve been experimenting a lot with cashews as a base and I’m loving it!

How to make Tofu Cashew Curry

The Ingredients

You will need:

  • For the cashew sauce:
    • soaked cashews
    • lemon juice
    • salt
    • red curry paste
    • water
  • For the tofu:
    • firm tofu
    • all-purpose flour (or if you want to keep it gluten-free, use cornstarch)
    • curry powder
    • salt
  • veggies & stuff:
    • onion
    • carrot
    • broccoli
    • plant-based oil

Of course, you can mix and match the veggies! For variations, use cauliflower instead of broccoli. Green curry paste instead of the red one. You see how this works. Anything works!

The basic steps

cashews and red curry in blender
Step 1: Add the soaked (rinsed + drained) cashews with water, lemon juice, salt, and red curry paste to your blender.
red curry cashew sauce
Step 2: Blend until smooth.
coating tofu
Step 3: Combine the flour, curry powder, and salt in a bowl. Add the tofu cubes and coat them.
crispy golden tofu
Step 4: In a large pan with oil, pan-fry the coated tofu cubes until golden & crispy on all sides. Then remove them from the pan and set them aside.
adding cashew sauce to veggies
Step 5: Cook the broccoli, carrots, and onion until tender. Then reduce the heat and add the cashew sauce. If the sauce is too thick, you can always add more water.
adding tofu to cashew curry
Step 6: Lastly, add in the crispy tofu cubes.
Tofu Curry with Cashew Sauce
Serve with basmati rice and enjoy!

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Tofu Cashew Curry

Tofu Cashew Curry

Elephantastic Vegan
This Tofu Cashew Curry is the perfect veggie-packed comfort food! We are using cashews for the base of the creamy sauce and adding lots of broccoli, tofu, and carrots.
4.89 from 9 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Vegan
Servings 2 people
Calories 636 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

Ingredients for the cashew sauce

  • 1 cup cashews soaked overnight, then rinsed and drained
  • 3 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 teaspoons red curry paste (you can start with a smaller amount of curry paste and add more until you reach your preferred spiciness level)

Ingredients for the tofu

  • 8 oz firm tofu
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour or cornstarch for a gf variation
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon curry powder
  • 2 teaspoons plant-based oil

Ingredients for the curry

  • 1 white onion cubed
  • 3 cups broccoli florets
  • 1 carrot sliced
  • 1/4 cup water
  • salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • For the cashew sauce: Add the soaked, rinsed & drained cashews, lemon juice, salt, water, and red curry paste into your blender. Blend until smooth.
  • For the crispy tofu: Cut the tofu in cubes. Add the all-purpose flour, curry powder, and salt in a bowl. Add the tofu to the bowl and toss carefully until all the tofu cubes are coated. Bring a large pan with oil to high heat, toss in the tofu. Let it cook on each side until browned and crispy. Remove the tofu from the pan and set aside.
  • In the large pan over medium to high heat, cook the cubed onion until soft, then remove it from the pan and set aside.
  • Then add the broccoli and carrot slices into the pan, add about 1/4 cup of water and let the veggies cook until tender.
  • Now it's time to combine everything. Add the onions back into the pan to the broccoli and carrots. Reduce the heat and pour in the cashew sauce, if it thickens up too much you can always add more water to thin it out. Heat it up until everything is warm. Add salt to taste and the lastly, the crispy tofu.
  • Serve the Tofu Cashew Curry with basmati rice and enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 636kcalCarbohydrates: 53gProtein: 28gFat: 39gSaturated Fat: 6gSodium: 1250mgPotassium: 1035mgFiber: 9gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 6733IUVitamin C: 131mgCalcium: 259mgIron: 8mg
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4.89 from 9 votes (8 ratings without comment)
Recipe Rating




Faith

Sunday 15th of August 2021

Perfect. This was just what I was looking for to use up some cashews in the pantry. I don't have tofu on hand, so I'm hoping this will compliment some lentils and spinach. Thanks for the inspiration!