ramyaramesh3007This Cereal Tofu is a vegan version of the popular Singapore Cereal Prawns dish and is absolutely mouthwatering! Gluten free option too.
Cereal dishes are an absolute must in Zi Char Restaurants – these are popular casual restaurants in Singapore where families and friends gather to buy several dishes in large portions to share and enjoy. It’s always paired with other seafood dishes like Chili Crab, Fried Squid, Seafood White Beehoon and so on! This dish is hence, the perfect share plate.
Obviously the traditional version is not vegan, but you can get the same exact taste with this recipe. It’s a little more complicated than my 20-minute tofu recipes, but absolutely worth it for the addictive snack it is!
Tips to Make the Best Cereal Tofu
1. Use the right tofu!
For Cereal Tofu, you would need to use Pressed Tofu. The texture for this type of tofu is in between soft/silken tofu and extra firm tofu. However, if you are not able to access this exact type of tofu, firm tofu would work well as well.
2. Frying Methods
Deep frying would make sure the tofu batter is evenly fried. Use a neutral oil for deep frying. However, if you’d like to minimise the amount of oil used, I suggest pan frying in avocado or olive oil but the results won’t be as the same as when you deep fry it.
You can also air fry them until crispy.
3. Gluten Free Version
I have also written a gluten free version for this dish using corn flakes and the taste will absolutely blow your mind. Substitute the Nestum Cereal with equal part corn flakes.
You would also substitute the plain flour with either gluten free flour or rice flour – in equal portions.
Cereal Tofu
Ingredients
- 300 g pressed tofu firm silken tofu
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour (sub gluten free flour or rice flour for gluten free)
- 2 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup plant milk
- 1/2 cup nestum cereal (sub crushed cornflakes for gluten free)
Vegan Cereal
- 1 tbsp vegan butter
- 2 chili padi
- handful curry leaves
- 1/3 cup nestum cereal (sub crushed cornflakes for gluten free)
- salt as needed
Instructions
- Mix the ingredients for the batter – flour, corn starch, salt, plant milk. Give that a good mix.
- Pour nestum cereal on to a separate plate. Drain excess water from the pressed tofu and cut them into cubes.
- Coat them in the batter, followed by the cereal.
- To a pan, add oil and fry a few minutes on each side until crispy.
- To another pan, add vegan butter and wait until it melts. Add curry leaves and chili padi (be careful, it pops!) and saute for 30 seconds.
- Add nestum cereal, salt and give that a good mix.
- Pour that on top of the fried tofu and serve!