1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup Asian fish sauce or soy sauce
2 large onions thinly sliced
1 lb firm tofu
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon lime juice
1/2 cup raisins
2/3 cup pistachios
Ground pepper to taste
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Slice up one container of firm tofu into cubes and set aside
Slice up two onions and set aside. Swim goggles are a great way to keep the tears away. It also gets a few laughs when you have guests over.
2/3 cups of pistachios and 1/2 cup of raisins.
Persian style!
Medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons of water and 1/3 cup sugar to a non-stick
pan. Heat up for a minute or two, mix around and allow to bubble. If you're lucky the
mixture will turn a light golden brown as per Bittman's recipe.
Add the fish or soy sauce (I prefer the fish) to the mixture and stir it around for about ten seconds.
Turn heat low and add the onions and pepper.
Sautee the onions for about ten minutes until nice and soft.
Then add the tofu and simmer for about ten minutes, turning tofu a few times so that it
becomes glazed and heated through.
Stir in butter and lime juice. Add raisins and pistachios.
At this point there should be some juices left in the pan. If not, add 1/4 cup and mix well.
Taste. Add more pepper or lime juice if you like.
Serve over rice and eat immediately!
