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I suppose this is about as close to traditional as we'll get. I might've had something like this growing up, only with some piece of animal flesh in place of the tofu...I've been wanting to try the Punk Rock Chickpea Gravy from Vegan with a Vengeance for quite a while and I finally got around to it tonight. I didn't want to have just the gravy on mashed potatoes for dinner so in a departure from normal, I used every burner on the stove for this meal. I started by marinating some tofu in a mixture of soy sauce, lime juice, maple syrup, olive oil and garlic. While the tofu was getting happy, I made the gravy - onions, garlic, mustard seeds, some other herbs and spices, soy sauce, lemon juice, mashed chickpeas, then water and flour to thicken and nutritional yeast at the end.
The tofu was dredged in panko bread crumbs and pan fried in olive oil. The green beans were just steamed and served with margarine and salt & pepper. And while all that was happening, I quartered some red potatoes (left the skin on), boiled until soft, and mashed with a little soy milk, some margarine and salt & pepper. There was quite a mess in the kitchen at the end, but I think it was worth it.
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What an inspiring meal and picture. Even though I was quite pleased by the vegan bolognese sauce I cooked for almost three hours today, suddenly I want exactly this meal! I'm pushing my nose into the computer screen trying desperately to extract some telling aroma.
This is one of those meals that my boyfriend and I could really agree on..what did you think of the gravy?
Great looking job, regardless!
looks totally punk rock ;)
I have been wanting to make the gravy for awhile, too. How was it?
This looks so good. It does remind me of a meal I used to eat growing up...
Also, can you give some idea of the proportions for the tofu marinade? Did you freeze the tofu first? And do you have to buy panko in as Asian grocery store? Would regular bread crumbs work? The meal looks great...perfect for Easter dinner.
that is so awesome--we must be psychic because i was totally going to make the punk rock gravy tonight and was wondering what sort of tofu to make with it. now i know exactly what to do--thanks! :)
Thanks everyone! mark - maybe someone out there is working on a scratch n sniff computer screen ;-)
jess & karen - We thought the gravy was really good. It came out a little thin at first though and I added a bit of cornstarch to thicken it so you may want to try starting with maybe 1/2 cup less water.
vegan1 - I didn't measure for the marinade, but my best guess is about 3 Tbs. each soy sauce and lime juice, 2 Tbs. olive oil, about 1 Tbs. maple syrup and 2 cloves garlic. We just happened to see the panko the last time we were at Trader Joes, but regular bread crumbs would work fine. The panko gives it a bit more texture. And I didn't freeze the tofu, but that would probably make it a bit more chewey.
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