Salt Spicy Fried Tofu

This is one of my favourite recipes. They're really cheap and quick to make once you've got the hang of it. It's a good recipe for people who like to experiment as you can use any mix of herbs and spices you like! This lets you tailor the flavour to whatever food you're eating it with. They make really good burgers if you put them in a burger bun with a bit of salad and maybe a smudge of hummus!

Ingredients:

• Tofu (firm)
• 3-4 table spoons of cornflour
• Various spices (personal preference), a nice mix I often use is plenty of curry powder, gram masala, turmeric, ginger powder, garlic powder, powdered coriander and a bit of chilli powder.
• Salt
• Oil for frying.

Method:

1. Optionally freeze the tofu and thaw it out again. The freezing process changes the texture to be firmer and chewier, which is ideal for this recipe.
2. Slice the tofu into rectangles. It doesn't matter how large so long as they're no more than 1cm thick (ideally about ¾ of a centimetre is good).
3. In a small bowl, mix the cornflour and spices. The amount of cornflour and spices you'll need depends on the amount of tofu you've got. You can always mix up more so it doesn't matter if you run out. You will want to make the mix quite strong about 40-50% volume cornflour and the rest should be whatever mix of herbs/spices you've chosen. Make sure the cornflour is well mixed with the flavourings (pictured below).
4. Place each slice of tofu in the bowl of spices, flipping it over to cover each side with the spice mix.
5. Fry the coated tofu slices in vegetable oil until they go golden brown and crispy. The spice/cornflour coating should turn into a crispy shell of flavour around the tofu pieces. They can soak up quite a lot of oil, so if the pan gets too dry just add a little extra.
6. Serve as a side in a meal or use as bugers. Store any excess in the fridge.