...11.5...Dinner and a Movie...

...we came across a neat vegan YouTube channel called Yeung Man Cooking...he has a nice calm demeanor and he just simply cooks and tells you how to do it...a refreshing change from a lot of YouTube channels...

...so...on the menu for the evening was this Masala recipe...which requires this chili oil recipe...so we made that one first...

...it was pretty easy...

...I made a cute little label for the grapeseed oil jar that we refilled with the chili oil...

...it's such a pretty colour...

...I pre-cooked the firm tofu on the Griddler...and since I wanted perfect little cubes for the recipe I had trimmed the block of tofu and I just 'scrambled' the trimmings for later...

...then I started the Masala recipe and I cooked the tofu cubes again with the shallots...we always called green onnions shallots when I was growing and Julia always uses them interchangeably as well...so I'm using them here as they are much more readily available at my grocery...

...then you chop a red onion...

...and all the other components...the tomato and pepper...and you grate the ginger and garlic...

...cook your spice in the oil for a bit...

...until fragrant...

...add the onion...

...peppers...ginger and garlic...

...then the tomatoes...

...and tomato sauce...

...and the tofu and shallots (green onions)...

...and finally the cream from the top of a can of coconut cream...not the watery liquid part...

...and you just swirl that in last...

...top with some fresh cilantro...

...and we had Julia's chilled Vegan Céleri à la Grecque...on the side...which was a nice cool down for this spicy meal...

...it was pretty delicious...and also pretty (Too!) hot and spicy for me...we'll probably make a slightly toned down version again...haha...

...and since I'm reading Lord Jim now...kind of on a Joseph Conrad kick right now...I highly recommend the book...and the movie is pretty good too...it stars Peter O'Toole...

...what have you been watching lately?...

~Have a lovely day!