How to Cook Yummy Tofu Balls

Tofu Balls. Add all ingredients except water and combine until well mixed. Slowly add water or juice until mixture is thick enough to form balls. In a food processor, finely chop the garlic and green onion.

Season with pepper and process until smooth. Ginger Glazed Tofu Meatballs These shittake mushroom and tofu meatballs are flavored with savory seasonings and drenched in a sticky ginger glaze. Serve them up as a fun party appetizer, or add some rice and veggies for a flavor-packed meal. You can cook Tofu Balls using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Tofu Balls

1. Prepare 7 of firm tofu.
2. You need 113 g of shrimps.
3. Prepare 1/4 of carrot (shredded).
4. It's 2 stalks of scallions (thinly sliced).
5. You need 1 of red chili (sliced).
6. Prepare 2 cloves of garlic (minced).
7. You need 1 tsp of ground coriander.
8. It's 2 tbs of cornstarch.
9. It's 1 tsp of salt.
10. You need 1/2 tsp of pepper.
11. Prepare 1 of whole egg.
12. It's 1 of lemon/lime.
13. You need 30-50 ml of water.
14. Prepare of Birds eye chilies (optional).

Grease baking sheet or parchment lined baking sheet and set aside. Form tablespoonfuls of tofu mixture into balls and arrange in rows on the baking sheet. Drizzle remaining olive oil over meatballs. Be the first to review this recipe.

Tofu Balls step by step

1. Peel and devein the shrimps. Chopped them into small size. Squeeze lemon/lime juice over the shrimps to remove the smell. Set aside..
2. Mash the tofu in a big bowl into small chunks..
3. Prepare the herbs. Mince the garlic, slice the chilies and scallions, plus cut and shred the carrot. Add them into the tofu bowl..
4. Add the shrimps and all seasonings. Mix them well..
5. Make a hole in the middle of the mixture. Add the egg in the hole. Mix them well while adding water little by little into a nice consistency. Be careful not to put too many water or else the tofu balls will fall apart when cooking..
6. Finally shape the mixture into balls. Depends on their size, we can make around 17-20 balls..
7. At this point you have 2 option for cooking them, steam or deep fry..
8. Steam: use cooking paper at the base of steamer for easier cleaning. Place the tofu balls and steam them for about 7-10 minutes..
9. Deep-fry: beat an egg in a bowl. Add 2 tbs of water and mix them well. Dip the tofu balls in the egg mixture then deep fry them in hot oil over medium low heat until golden brown..
10. Serve while it's hot. You can eat them with chili sauce or fresh birds eye chilies..

These delicious meatball alternatives are great with pasta and tomato sauce. They are a bit fragile so be careful when removing them from the pan. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl. After baking the tofu balls and making the sauce, I could seei the tofu balls were going to fall apart. So I poured the sauce over the tofu balls and baked in the oven, basting the balls every once in a while till sauce was all thick and drying out.