Tofu Jambalaya - Tried and Tasted

Filed Under (Rice Dishes) by Indhu on 20-05-2009

Hey all,
It is awesome weather in Seattle… at least during the first half of the day. It starts raining at around 7 p.m and it keeps raining for most part of the night. But as long as it doesn’t rain during this weekend, I am happy. I have some friends coming to spend the long weekend and I am soooo going to get kicked if the weather doesn’t behave.

This is a recipe that I tried from Susan’s Fatfree Vegan Kitchen. Her blog is AWESOME. When I saw this event announcement on Vaishali’s blog, I hopped on to Susan’s site and I was amazed at the number of recipes. And the variety of recipes she has! Name any ingredient and she has a bunch of totally different recipes using that ingredient.

tofu jambalaya

So, I was all set to make a pulao one night and I was going through her recipes and this jambalaya caught my eye. I had this block of tofu in my freezer that was screaming at me to use it before it died a slow, miserable death. I feel that a jambalaya is similar to a pulao - we use a lot of vegetables and there is rice involved. The spices alone are different. Instead of the Indian garam masala, jeera, coriander powder, curry powder, etc., the jambalaya uses cayenne pepper, dried thyme, basil, oregano. I followed Susan’s recipe for the spices. The only thing I did not have was the Liquid smoke seasoning and she had mentioned that it was optional. So, yayy! And yeah.. I did not use canned tomatoes. I had fresh tomatoes and I diced them and tossed them in.

You can get the recipe from from here. I really loved this dish. One mistake I made was that I did not squeeze out the water from the tofu properly. So, the tofu was kind of rubbery. Plus I can never make fluffy rice with each grain standing out separately :(. So, the grains were not as separated as they should be. But the dish was yummy and I am happy :) .

This goes to the event Tried and Tasted started by Zlamushka’s Spicy Kitchen hosted by Vaishali at holycow.

T&T

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27 Responses to “Tofu Jambalaya - Tried and Tasted”

  1. SJ on 20 May 2009 at 11:42 am #

    I love her blog too!! I have been eyeing her lasagna but not finding time :(

  2. Laavanya on 20 May 2009 at 12:14 pm #

    That looks awesome.. nice idea to incorporate tofu into the jambalaya.

  3. suparna on 20 May 2009 at 12:29 pm #

    Hey Indhu,
    Hmm… glad u r enjoying a great wheather :)hope u have a great time with ur friends too!! the jambalaya looks very healthy and nice. I am mad abt these kinda healthy stuff ;)nice snap.
    Enjoy girlie, thanks for the link.
    TC

  4. Ramya Vijaykumar on 20 May 2009 at 1:41 pm #

    You have made this like a pro they looks just perfect and healthy… nice pics..!

  5. Deesha on 20 May 2009 at 3:27 pm #

    wow that looks really really good Indhu

  6. SuperChef on 20 May 2009 at 4:12 pm #

    i love Susan’s blog too!! the pic of that jambalaya looks so gorgeous!!

    u have a fun time for the long weekend!! :)

  7. mahimaa on 20 May 2009 at 5:54 pm #

    enna ennamo panni kalakara po.

  8. Usha Nandini on 20 May 2009 at 9:45 pm #

    Well, I sob when I slaughter onions and then mourning for it. Anyway, I checked out Susan’s blog and it was totally SPLENDID!!! I love your Tofu Jambalaya! Looks nice and colorful!

  9. Soma on 20 May 2009 at 10:45 pm #

    Her blog is just awesome.. I need to get myself going & cooking from there:-) this looks great!

  10. Purva on 21 May 2009 at 3:19 am #

    This looks and sound healthy…..Hope u have a gr8 weekend with friends :)

  11. Vidya on 21 May 2009 at 3:37 am #

    Indhu, kalakiringa :)

  12. pavithra on 21 May 2009 at 9:38 pm #

    This is looking gorgeous and healthy too. Nice click and looks diff in black background.

  13. anudivya on 21 May 2009 at 10:43 pm #

    I normally put my tofu in the fridge, wonder how it holds up in the freezer! The weather is going to hold up beautifully this weekend (like I am your local weather forecast), and hope that saves you some kicks.
    This looks great.

  14. nithya on 22 May 2009 at 4:15 am #

    I agree Susan has a fantastic blog…this looks wonderful.Lovely click too:)

  15. Lubna Karim on 22 May 2009 at 10:05 am #

    Very pretty click….Looks yum…

  16. Usha on 22 May 2009 at 2:06 pm #

    Looks delicious, great snaps !

  17. Sukanya on 22 May 2009 at 3:26 pm #

    This sounds so unique. Looks so good. Nice recipe. YUM!

  18. sujatha on 23 May 2009 at 3:40 am #

    totally new recipe to me, though I’m not a big fan of tofu.. But I’m sure my husband will love it.. bookmarking!

    Enjoy the nice weather!

  19. Divya Vikram on 25 May 2009 at 7:03 am #

    That is a great vegan recipe!

  20. Parita on 25 May 2009 at 8:36 am #

    I love susan’s blog too..wonderful collection of recipes she has got..tofu jambalaya looks healthy and delicious

  21. A&N on 26 May 2009 at 2:16 pm #

    this is a nice entry. We’re still deciding and debating on what to try out from her blog ;)

  22. Navita on 27 May 2009 at 7:41 am #

    Hey nice Jambalaya…yes its like Pulav.Tofu…well I have silken tofu lying in the fridge…!!!sigh!.
    Had it once in KL. Yours look amazing.

  23. varsha on 27 May 2009 at 7:07 pm #

    Aloo..so u had a great weekend rite..:).Seattle is good these days..:)
    The jambalaya looks good yum n I loved the pitch black bg..:)

  24. Vaishali on 28 May 2009 at 10:53 pm #

    Hi Indhu, what a lovely version of this amazing dish. Your pictures are making me hungry. Thanks for sending it in!

  25. shubha on 29 May 2009 at 8:26 pm #

    I have an award waitin for u at my space. pls do pick it up.

    http://munchcrunchandsuch.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/kothu-parotta-sans-the-egg/

  26. Aparna on 30 May 2009 at 10:14 am #

    I still remember firts hearing of Jambalaya in the Carpenters’ song! Didn’t have a clue to what it was then. :)
    Your version looks good. Susan has some very good food on her blog.

  27. Supriya Raman on 1 Jun 2009 at 3:30 pm #

    Hi there!

    I am visiting after a while and I am so pleasantly surprised by the changes in your blog. it looks amazing! Great job! Hope all is well with you :)

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