Vegetarian Recipes - Snake Beans with Tofu Recipe

Ingredients

• 500g/1 1/4lb snake beans, thinly sliced

• 200g/7oz silken tofu, cut into cubes

• 2 shallots, thinly sliced

• 200ml/7fl oz/scant 1 cup coconut milk

• 115g/4oz/1 cup roasted peanuts, chopped

• juice of 1 lime

• 10ml/2 tsp palm sugar (jaggery) or muscovado (brown) sugar

• 60ml/4 tbsp soy sauce

• 5ml/1 tsp dried chili flakes

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Bring a pan of lightly salted water to the boil. Add the beans and blanch them for 30 seconds.

2. Drain the beans immediately. then refresh under cold water and drain again, shaking well to remove as much water as possible. Place in a serving bowl and set aside.

3. Put the tofu and shallots in a pan with the coconut milk. Heat gently. stirring, until the tofu begins to crumble.

4. Add the peanuts, lime juice, sugar; soy sauce and chili flakes. Heat stirring, until the sugar has dissolved.

5. Pour the sauce over the beans, toss to combine and serve immediately.

Variations: The sauce also works very well with podded broad (fava) beons. Alternatively. stir in sliced yellow or red bell pepper.