Vegan Strawberry Glazed Tofu Recipe

10 Feb Vegan Strawberry Glazed Tofu Recipe

Last Updated on February 10, 2025 by blessmyfoodbypayal

Vegan Strawberry Glazed Tofu Recipe with step wise pictorial and video method.

Gluten-free

Strawberry-Glazed Tofu is undoubtedly one of the most innovative dish which has all the taste buds under one roof: sweet, tangy and savory.

Made with just minimal ingredients in hand, this vibrant dish has the tendency to deliver you something you can never think of. It’s each bite is a blast that can create sensations on your tongue.

Made with strawberries, apple, chili and onion, the sauce of this recipe is something very bold and aromatic that elevates simple tofu steaks to gourmet-level indulgence. Once the tofu steaks are coated in this rich glaze, they are grilled to perfection, creating a slightly caramelized exterior that complements the tender tofu inside.

If you do not like tofu or tired of tofu now, do try this recipe and you will be amazed.

Best enjoyed this tofu over a bed of rice, this recipe is something you would love to enjoy every alternative day.

INGREDIENTS USED IN MAKING VEGAN STRAWBERRY GLAZED TOFU RECIPE:

STRAWBERRIES: strawberries are the star ingredient of this recipe so choose them wisely. Prefer to use fresh, ripe and red strawberries as these are more flavorful. Pick the one that are firm yet juicy as they may yield the best texture for the sauce.

If fresh strawberries aren’t available, high-quality frozen strawberries can also work, as they are typically frozen at peak ripeness and retain a lot of flavor.

TOFU : Only use extra firm Tofu to make this recipe. Better to drain the tofu and press it to remove excess moisture.  This can be done by wrapping the tofu in clean kitchen towel and placing a weight on top for above 15-20 minutes.  In case you have the Tofu press, that’s great.

OIL : We have used coconut oil to make this recipe. Instead you can go for avocado oil or any other neutral taste oil.

APPLE : To balance the sharpness of strawberry, we have added apple as well but very little, almost just half of it is a big one and full, in case it is small.

But in case you have apple sauce, go for it instead of apple but apple sauce has to be unsweetened.

RED HOT CHILI PEPPER : There’s just one chili in it and as such it’s not going to be hot at all but in case you really don’t want this to be spicy at all, remove the seeds of chili before adding.

ONION : We were having onions so added one. Otherwise if you dislike the sharpness of onion, go for shallot. They are slightly sweeter in comparison to onions.

STEP WISE PICTORIAL RECIPE OF VEGAN STRAWBERRY GLAZED TOFU RECIPE :

WASHING OF STRAWBERRIES

Add water, baking soda, vinegar and strawberries in a bowl. Mix.

Rest for 10 minutes and thereafter gently rub to clean.

Discard the dirty water and wash strawberries very well. Finely chop them.

MAKING OF SAUCE

Heat coconut oil in a pan. Add onion, ginger and hot chilli pepper. Cook until onion turns translucent and soft.

Add strawberry, apple (or apple sauce), sea salt and lemon juice.

Initially keep the heat to high and when it begins to boil, cover the pan, lower the heat and let it cook for 15-20 minutes.

Cook until it reaches sauce consistency.

Remove it from the heat and cool completely.

Grind to a fine puree.

GRILLING TOFU

Cut tofu into steaks and poke them with skewer.

Toss them in cornflour.

Apply sauce on the top of the tofu steak.

Place this tofu steak on a greased grill pan with the sauce side downwards.

Apply sauce on the top side of tofu steak while it is being grilling underneath.

Grill on low heat for 5-6 minutes or until tofu steak get the grill marks from one side. Once it is done from top and bottom, grill it from the sides as well by applying sauce.

SERVING

Serve it with rice after garnishing with lemon zest, coriander, sea salt and almond slivers. Also serve along with, if the sauce too is left.

NOTES

• Make sure tofu is not much moist otherwise it will not hold back the sauce.
• Sauce has to be really thick to stay on tofu.
• Cornflour step is important and it will help the moist (bit of) tofu to hold sauce.
• If you don’t have a grill pan, just roast tofu on skillet.

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• Tofu Kathi Rolls Recipe
• Roasted Red Pepper Walnut Tofu Recipe
• Vegan Tofu Tikka in oven Indian style
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• Vegan Tofu Pulao Recipe

VEGAN STRAWBERRY GLAZED TOFU RECIPE – RECIPE CARD

Vegan Strawberry Glazed Tofu Recipe

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Vegan Strawberry Glazed Tofu: Grilled tofu steaks coated in a sweet, tangy strawberry glaze served with rice for a delightful meal.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Fusion

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

1 cup = 250 gram

FOR WASHING STRAWBERRIES

• 2 cups strawberries
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• Water

FOR SAUCE

• 2 tbsp coconut oil or any neutral oil
• 1 small apple (cut into pieces or 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce)
• 1 red hot chilli pepper
• 1 onion (chopped)
• 1 tbsp ginger (chopped)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice

FOR GRILLING TOFU

• 14 ounce/400 gram extra firm tofu
• Cornflour as per need

FOR GARNISH

• Lemon zest
• Coriander leaves
• Roasted strawberries
• Sea salt
• Almond slivers
• Sea salt as per taste

Instructions

 

WASHING OF STRAWBERRIES

• Add water, baking soda, vinegar and strawberries in a bowl. Mix.
• Rest for 10 minutes and thereafter gently rub to clean.
• Discard the dirty water and wash strawberries very well.
• Finely chop them.

MAKING OF SAUCE

• Heat coconut oil in a pan.
• Add onion, ginger and hot chilli pepper. Cook until onion turns translucent and soft.
• Add straberry, apple (or apple sauce), sea salt and lemon juice.
• Initially keep the heat to high and when it begins to boil, cover the pan, lower the heat and let it cook for 15-20 minutes or until it reaches sauce consistency.
• Remove it from the heat and cool completely.
• Grind to a fine puree.

GRILLING TOFU

• Cut tofu into steaks and poke them skewer
• Toss them in cornflour.
• Apply sauce on the top of the tofu steak.
• Place this tofu steak on a greased grill pan with the sauce side downwards.
• Apply sauce on the top side of tofu steak while it is being grilling underneath.
• Grill on low heat for 5-6 minutes or until tofu steak get the grill marks from one side.
• Once it is done from top and bottom, grill it from the sides as well by applying sauce.

SERVING

• Serve it with rice after garnishing with lemon zest, coriander, sea salt and almond slivers. Also serve alongwith, if the sauce too is left.

Notes

• Make sure tofu is not much moist otherwise it will not hold back the sauce.
• Sauce has to be really thick to stay on tofu.
• Cornflour step is important and it will help the moist (bit of) tofu to hold sauce.
• If you don't have a grill pan, just roast tofu on skillet.

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