Capsicum & Tofu Zunka

Zunka is one of the famous Maharashtrian side dish made simply with onions, veggies and with besan flour..Earlier i have prepared zunka with okra, u can find here, this zunka is definitely a delicious and an easy side dish to enjoy along with rice dish or with rotis...This time i wanted to prepare as a fusion dish by adding some leftover tofu chunks which i marinated for half an hour with cumin seed powder,crushed ajwain seeds, chilly flakes, coriander powder with few tsp of oil and cooked them in microwave oven for 5 minutes in high and finally combined along with capsicum zunka...Both tofu and capsicum together works out wonder and this zunka was quite a hit at home, we enjoyed having this delicious, healthy side dish along with tomato pappu and finally prepared as wrap with some leftover zunka for our dinner...Will be posting the home made tortillas and the wrap in my next post, stay tuned friends..Sending this zunka to Healing Foods - Capsicums guest hosted by Erbe in cucina, event started by Siri..

Ingredients:

• 250grs Extra firm tofu (cubed)
• 2nos Green bell peppers (cubed)
• 1/2cup Gram flour
• 1no Onion(chopped)
• 1/2tsp Cumin seeds
• 1/4tsp Ajwain seeds
• 1/4tsp Red chilly powder
• 1/4tsp Turmeric powder
• 2nos Slit opened green chillies
• Curry leaves
• Salt
• Oil

For Marination:

• 1/2tsp Cumin seed powder
• 2pinch Ajwain seeds(crushed)
• 1/2tsp Red chilly flakes
• Oil
• Salt

Method:

Marinate the cubed tofu pieces with the ingredients given in the list 'for marination' and keep aside for half an hour..Dry roast the gram flour until the aroma comes out..Arrange the marinated tofu pieces over a microwave plate in a single layer.Cook the marinated tofus in microwave oven for 5minutes in high..

.In an another pan add enough oil and let splutters the cumin seeds, ajwain seeds, add the chopped onions, slit opened green chillies, curry leaves and saute until the onions turns transculent...now add the cubes bellpeppers and saute with turmeric powder, red chilly powder and salt, saute in simmer until the oil get separates, gradually add the roasted gram flour to the cooking veggies and stir until the veggies get slightly coated with the gram flour, finally add the already cooked tofu pieces and toss gently ,cook for few minutes..put off the stove..

Serve hot as side dish..