Tofu Cilantro Pasta

Tofu Cilantro Pasta, made from organic fusilli pasta, tossed with fried tofu and home-made pesto style sauce.

Serves:4


Ingredients:

• Organic Fusilli pasta - 1 packet
• Cilantro - 2 cups
• Green chilly -2
• Jalapeno - 1
• Garlic - 3 cloves
• Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
• Peppercorn - 1 tbsp
• Almonds - 8
• Sliced Black Olives - 1 cup
• Extra firm Tofu  - 1 packet
• Dry basil - 1 tsp
• Black pepper powder - 1 tbsp
• Olive oil - 5 tbsp
• Salt
• Shredded Parmesan - handful 

Method:

1. Boil water, add pasta with olive oil, salt and cook as per packet instructions
2. Strain pasta, rinse in cold water, drizzle olive oil and fresh ground pepper
3. Grind cilantro, green chilly, deseeded jalapeno, ginger, garlic, peppercorns, almonds to fine paste by adding 3 tbsp olive oil
4. Cut tofu into cubes, shallow fry till its crispy on all sides , add salt, pepper powder and keep aside
5. In low flame, toss pasta, ground pesto sauce, fried tofu and sliced olives
6. Add shredded Parmesan cheese and serve hot