Coconut Curry Tofu Bake with Mushrooms and Chickpeas

Categories: Beans, Cashews, Casseroles, Chickpeas, November2012, Tofu

Ingredients

• 1 15 oz can of full fat coconut milk
• 8 oz mushrooms, chopped
• 1 block extra firm tofu, drained and pressed and crumbled
• 1 tbsp yellow curry powder
• 2 tbsp cornstarch mixed with 2 tbsp water to make a slurry
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tbsp veggie broth powder
• 1 tbsp garlic powder
• 1 15 oz can chickpeas
• 1 medium onion (I used a yellow onion), diced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup ground raw cashews
• 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
• a sprinkling of paprika
• salt and pepper to taste
• oil for sauteing (I used coconut oil)

Directions

1. large skillet, bring coconut milk and curry powder to a boil. Reduce to a simmer. Add in mushrooms and crumbled tofu. Cover and simmer about 15 minnutes, uncover and continue to cook another 10. Add cornstarch slurry, mix well, cook for about 3-5 more minutes, until thickened. Remove from heat, allow to cool. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, mix together the flour, veggie broth powder and garlic powder. Add the flour mixture to the cocnut curry tofu mixture and knead together until a sticky dough forms. Set aside. In a skillet, saute the onions, garlic and chickpeas for about 5-7 minutes, or until just beginning to brown. In a casserole dish, spread the dough out along the bottom. Layer the chickpea and onion mixture on the top of the dough. Sprinkle the ground cashews all over the top, then the nutritional yeast and sprinkle the top with paprika. Bake, covered with foil, for 20-25 minutes, uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes to brown the top. Remove from oven, allow to cool about 10 minutes before serving.

2. I topped mine with a really simple (and really SINFUL) noochy-garlicy-creamy sauce I made with 1 cup of soymilk, 4 tbsp of Earth Balance, 1 tbsp of garlic powder, 1/8 cup of nooch, 1 tbsp flour and salt and pepper. In a saucepan, I melted the margarine into the soymilk, added the nooch and garlic, brought it just to a boil, reduced the heat and mixed in the flour and stirred until thickened. Delightfully disgusting stuff!!!

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