Sweet And Sour Tofu Balls

For a vegetarian alternative to the standard sweet and sour pork, this sweet and sour tofu balls recipe is an easy one to whip up for lunch or dinner. Plus, the kids will probably love it too!

Yield: Serves 2
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Difficulty Level: 2/5

Ingredients

For tofu ball:

• 1/3 tofu
• 1/3 pressed tofu
• 1 block tau kwa
• 2 pieces shiitake mushrooms
• 4 sliced carrots, chopped
• 2 slices red capsicum, chopped
• A pinch of salt
• A pinch of pepper
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• Egg wash and plain flour for coating tofu balls
• Mazola corn oil for deep frying

For sweet and sour sauce:

• 4 tbsp Mazola corn oil
• 2 slices ginger
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 green capsicum, sliced
• 1 cucumber, diced
• 1 tomato, diced
• 1 pineapple, sliced
• 2 chilies, sliced
• 5 tbsp tomato sauce
• 2 tbsp chili sauce
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 ½ tbsp. sugar
• A pinch of salt

Steps

01. To make tofu ball, mash tofu, tau kwa and pressed tofu together.

02. Add chopped carrots and red capsicum with the mixed tofu. Add in salt, pepper, egg and oyster sauce. Mix well.

03. Shape tofu paste into balls. Then coat with egg wash and plain flour twice so that the tofu balls will hold the shape.

04. Heat up pan for deep-frying. Deep fry tofu balls after pan heats up.

05. To make sauce, heat up oil in pan. Fry ginger, onions, capsicum till fragrant.

06. Add cucumber, tomato, pineapple and chili. Continue frying for 2 mins.

07. Add tomato and chili sauces, oyster sauces, sugar and salt and simmer till boil.

08. To serve, pour sauce onto fried tofu balls.
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Recipe: Mavis Tan Mooi Kiang and Aaron Tang Zhixiong / Simply HerThis was the winning tofu recipe from the Simply Her Birthday Cooking Challenge held in November 2016.