Tofu vegetables salad or wraps – Vegan
About:
This can be served just as salad or as wraps… Sauted Tofu adds crunchy coating so when mixed vegetables this salad will retain its crunchiness. So this makes the wrap ideal for lunch boxes or for picnics.
Serves: -3-4
Cooking time: 10mins
Preparation time: 15mins
Ingredients:
For Wraps:
- Whole wheat tortillas-5num
For salad:
- Chopped Red bell pepper-1num
- Chopped green bell pepper-1num
- Chopped carrot- 1num
- Scoop out seeds and chopped cucumber-1/2big/1small
- Cabbage/lettuce leaves-8-10num
- Tofu -200gms
- oil-2tsp
For Dressing:
- Chopped coriander-1cup
- Green chilli-2num
- Vinegar-2tsp
- Garlic-1clove
- Salt-as per taste
- Walnuts-2tbsp
For Topping:
- Ketchup- as required
- Low fat grated cheese- as required
Procedure:
To make the tofu:
- Drain the water from tofu, squeeze gently in between your palms, place it on the kitchen tissue wrap- place a heavy weight on it for an hour to remove the excess water from tofu.
- Once done slice the tofu lengthwise for 4-5inch strips
- In a pan on medium high heat add oil and tofu strips, season it with salt and pepper, toast them for few minutes until brown and crispy. Flip to other side and season again with a big pinch of salt and pepper. Fry for another few minutes until brown and crispy. Once all the strips are crispy turn off the heat
For dressing:
- Throw all the ingredients mentioned under the dressing list to the blender and blend it to smooth paste and set aside.
For salad:
- Slice vegetables into 3-4inch slices
- In a mixing bowl toss sliced peppers, carrots, cucumber, roasted tofu with coriander dressing
For wraps:
- Place tortillas on a clean plate, arrange lettuce/cabbage leaf, spread the tossed salad. Top it with some sweet and spicy ketchup, cheese , roll the wraps and cut to half.
Serve immediately.
Note:
- Use ketchup only if it is consumed immediately, not for lunch box as it may go soft.
Posted on June 25, 2014, in International, Salad/Wraps, Soups, Salad and Wraps, Vegan and tagged chitras healthy, drchdietfood, healthy tofu recipes, healthy vegan friendly recipes, Tofu for wraps, tofu recipes, Tofu salad, Tofu Salad recipes, Tofu Vegetable Frankies, Tofu vegetable wraps, Tofu vegetarian recipes, vegan friendly recipes, Vegan wraps. Bookmark the permalink. 9 Comments.
I’m not one for Tofu….but this does look good Chitra!
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Thanks Lori..you are very encouraging all times
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great idea. looks delicious!
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Thanks Indu…Was exploring options for lunch box and this came thru..glad you liked it
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Sindy – so nice to meet you..been to your blog and it is amazing..I will be more than happy for yourself to do a guest post..I am doing vegetarian healthy recipes and anything on those lines will be greatly appeal on my blog..wait to hear and work togethrr
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This is one I will give you and you can execute it and take the pictures. How should I give it to you?
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Sindy – you planning to give the recipe so we try and post with link back to your blog?…or you do everything and I just post it on my blog as guest post…please comform
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Sindy – please share what information you’ve with photo if you’ve..+otherwise will make them shortly providing your courtesy for recipe…my blog hosting healthy vegetarian recipes so as long as they belong to this category am more than happy to accept…thanks for your time and auppory
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