Grilled tofu, green bean, noodle and sesame salad

By: Anjum Anand
From: Eat Right For Your Body Type
Serves: 2
Photographer: Lisa Linder

This is a delicious, substantial Japanese-inspired salad that is very good for kapha and pitta. It is low in fat but very nourishing with protein from tofu and lots of crunchy vegetables.This dish includes sesame seeds – an amazing seed credited with everything from keeping our bones health and building ojas to keeping us looking young. They are mildly heating so if you have a serious pitta imbalance, you can leave them out or eat only in the winter months. This salad isn’t suitable for vata as it has lots of uncooked elements and tofu, which some vata types find hard to digest.

Ingredients

Quantity	Ingredient
80g	green beans, topped and tailed
200g	firm tofu, sliced horizontally to form two steaks
	salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon	sesame oil, plus extra for brushing tofu
1 1/2 teaspoons	sesame seeds
80g	snow peas, strings removed
80g	sugar snap peas, strings removed
1	small carrot, peeled and cut into thin strips
handful	red cabbage, shredded
50g	noodles, cooked according to packet instructions, (optional) (buckwheat noodles for kapha, rice noodles for pitta)
1/2	spring onion, green parts sliced, (kapha only)

Dressing

Quantity	Ingredient
100g	silken tofu
1/2 tablespoon	tamari
1/2 tablespoon	mirin
1/2 teaspoon	caster sugar
1/2 teaspoon	ginger paste

Method

Blanch the beans in a pan of boiling water until crisp yet tender, around 2–3 minutes. Drain.
Heat a griddle pan or the grill. Season the tofu steaks on both sides, brush with sesame oil, place on the hot griddle pan or under the grill and grill for 3 minutes on each side.
Meanwhile, lightly toast the sesame seeds in a dry frying pan, keeping an eye on them as when they turn brown, they turn fast. Tip most of them (reserve a few for garnish) into a pestle and mortar and roughly crush.
Place the vegetables and noodles in a large bowl. Whisk or blend together the ingredients for the dressing, pour into the bowl, add the crushed sesame seeds and toss well. Place the tofu on top, brush with sesame oil and sprinkle over the spring onions and reserved sesame seeds. Serve.

Tags:: health; diet; ayurvedic; ayurveda; weightloss

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