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		<title>Tofu and Chickpea Curry</title>
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1 block tofu &#8211; I find the Cauldron organic one best, can be gotten from the Health shop for about €2/3 something a block.
1 can pre-soaked chickpeas &#8211; Health shop or any decent supermarket really&#8230; pre-soaked means you don&#8217;t have to spend anytime monkeying around with it. Drain the chickpeas well.
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<p>1 block tofu &#8211; I find the Cauldron organic one best, can be gotten from the Health shop for about €2/3 something a block.<br />
1 can pre-soaked chickpeas &#8211; Health shop or any decent supermarket really&#8230; pre-soaked means you don&#8217;t have to spend anytime monkeying around with it. Drain the chickpeas well.<br />
1 jar of sauce &#8211; This can be whatever the hell you want. I generally go with some of Indian curry/balti sauce, Mexican spicyness, whatever, its really whatever you fancy. You can make your own sauce but I&#8217;m lazy, it takes a little longer, and the sauces are generally cheap and tasty. Aldi have a good few.</p>
<p>The important bit: take the tofu out of the pack and wrap it in kitchen tissue, place on a saucer and place another on top of it &#8211; the reason for this is that Tofu is packed in brine and soaks it all up. If its not properly drained before hand you basically get a load of water bleeding out into the pan and it makes it very hard for the tofu to pick up any flavour from your sauce&#8230; Its the both the curse and the blessing of the tofu. The saucer on top helps squish the water out. Do that for maybe an hour&#8230;</p>
<p>Pour olive oil (I&#8217;ve heard avocado oil is supposed to be better) in wok/pan and heat till smoky hot. Lump the tofu in the pan after cutting it into sufficiently small chunks so that it doesn&#8217;t take days to cook. (I always add chopped onions at this point but its to preference&#8230;)<br />
At this point I usually add spices, salt, pepper, chillies, etc.. cos I likes it that way <img src='http://darraghbuffini.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Cook tofu until getting crispy good &#8211; Bit of an experience thing with cooking tofu, you&#8217;ll get the hang of when its done. Firm on the outside and fairly soft on the inside is usually the way.</p>
<p>If your adding veg this is a good point, add in, maybe some more spices and stuff, give a good stir fry until just about ready.</p>
<p>Add the sauce and chickpeas and leave to simmer for a while so everything picks up the tasty flavours.</p>
<p>Any and all measurements given are relative to how much you like the ingredients, how saucy/spicy you like it, its all entirely up to you <img src='http://darraghbuffini.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
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