Summer tofu stew
June 20th, 2007 @ 19:36This stew tastes of summer and of childhood food. It’s light but filling and the taste is just divine. It makes me think of those meaty stews we used to have as kids but with added potato (I hated potato when I was a kid).
Light summer tofu stew: Serves 4
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 stalks celery, sliced
- 1/2 onion, sliced thinly
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 liter (4 cups) vegetable stock
- 400 grams (14 oz) new potatoes, cut in large chunks
- 4 small carrot, sliced
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 90 grams (3 oz) baby spinach leaves
- 300 grams (10½ oz) tofu, firm, cubed
- salt and pepper
Slice the onion and the celery. Mince the garlic. Saute in oil on medium heat for about 5 minutes, until the onion and celery soften.
Cube the potatoes and slice the carrots. Add to the pot together with the vegetable stock..Add ground cumin and the thyme. Bring to a boil, turn heat down and let simmer for about 15 minutes, until the vegetables are tender.
Cube the tofu and rinse the spinach leaves. Add to the stew and let simmer for another 5 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.
I love stews and because the weather over here is cold and crappy I could definitely need something warm. Thanks for the recipe!
Comment by Mihl - June 27th, 2007 at 11:51 amI would totally eat that. I can’t believe you hated potatoes as a child! You know what I hated with a passion? Olives and olive oil. Put your hate and my hate together, and we have one delicious used-to-be-hated dish!
Comment by bazu - June 28th, 2007 at 10:08 pmMihl – I like stews too and more importantly, Alex loves them! He usually just grunts and eats whatever I cook but when it comes to stews or ANYTHING with potatoes he’ll go crazy and eat more than a normal human being could possibly eat.
bazu – potatoes with olives sounds great. It makes a bit more sense not to like olives as a kid though, kids usually don’t like those kinds of flavours at all. I hated broccoli with a passion and that’s basically the same thing, not sweet!
Comment by Emmie - June 29th, 2007 at 1:31 pm