Persimmon and Walnut Shira-ae Mashed Tofu
Persimmon and Walnut Shira-ae Mashed Tofu

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, persimmon and walnut shira-ae mashed tofu. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Persimmon and Walnut Shira-ae Mashed Tofu is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Persimmon and Walnut Shira-ae Mashed Tofu is something which I have loved my whole life.

Shira-ae is a vegetable side dish mixed with mashed Tofu. It is a little different from regular salad since there is no dressing like oil and vinegar. Shira-ae is served chilled, so in a sense it's like salad.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have persimmon and walnut shira-ae mashed tofu using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Persimmon and Walnut Shira-ae Mashed Tofu:
  1. Get 1 Persimmon
  2. Make ready 5 or 6 Walnuts (or peanuts)
  3. Make ready 1/4 Firm tofu (75 grams)
  4. Prepare 2 tsp ☆White sesame paste
  5. Prepare 1 tsp each ☆Sugar, mirin, miso
  6. Get 1 dash ☆Salt

Give it a try and let me know how you like it! Drain the tofu and wrap in paper towels to absorb excess water. Puree in a food processor until smooth, then transfer to a bowl and set aside. The white refers to the tofu dressing made mainly of mashed tofu but there is no vinegar nor oil.

Instructions to make Persimmon and Walnut Shira-ae Mashed Tofu:
  1. Wrap tofu in paper towels, microwave for 1-2 minutes (no need for plastic wrap, at 500 W) in a heatproof container, and drain. You could speed up the draining process by putting a weight (a small plate or the like) on top of the tofu.
  2. Lightly roast the walnuts in a frying pan and finely chop. Although it's not written on the ingredients list, you could use cashew nuts as well.
  3. Chill the tofu from Step 1 and combine with the ☆ ingredients to make the shira-ae sauce.
  4. If using a persimmon as a container, slice off the top, and hollow the inside with a teaspoon.
  5. Combine the persimmon and walnuts with the shira-ae sauce.
  6. Transfer to a plate and it's done. In the photo, I added leftover daikon sprouts.
  7. I used a hollowed persimmon on the profile photo, but with one persimmon, you can make about 3 servings in a small bowl (10 cm x 10 cm). This depends on how much you drain the tofu.

Traditionally, vegetables are usually sliced carrots, spinach, Konnyaku, green beans, and sometimes persimmons and these are cooked and seasoned to give the "salad" a. Shira-ae is hard to get in ordinary Japanese restaurants in the US, but this is a kind of food we grow up with. TRADITIONAL JAPANESE RECIPE: Shira-ae is a vegetable side dish mixed with mashed Tofu. It is a little different from regular salad since there is no dressing like oil and vinegar. Appitizer Recipe : Tofu Kimchi Recipe : Tofu Recipe : Korean Food : Asian at Home.

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