So just freestyled this one up today. Was really good so thought I'd share. I didn't really think about the measurements when I was making it but this is roughly it:
- 2- 3 cloves garlic, or as many as you want really
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon tumeric
- Pinch of thyme
- Sprinkle of chilli powder, flakes, or cayenne pepper, whatever you have on hand
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast
- Olive oil (or you could use a vegan butter replacement)
- 200g tofu
- 2 medium onions
- Water
Cook everything (except water) together in a pan until onions are nice and soft. Add a little bit of water when the mix starts to get a bit dry. You want everything to maintain a bit of moisture.
Once onions are soft you can take everything out and put it in a bowl or something large enough, add a quarter cup of water then blend thoroughly until as smooth as possible. I used a hand blender for a good 1 to 2 minutes.
Cook pasta of choice then mix so that it's generously covered like in the photos.
Sprinkle a little bit of extra salt, pepper, chili flakes, nutritional yeast etc on top to taste.
by eigosensei
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Meant to say *add everything together into pan except the water (since you add the water as you go). It sounded contradictory in post, my bad.
I’m gonna try this! One suggestion I might make cook the pasta first so you can use pasta water in the sauce to help it feel a little smoother and creamier! It’s the secret to a good sauce.
By the way you could totally add mushrooms to this when you mix everything together at the end at it would be even better. I wanted to but didn’t have any 😭
Did you use firm tofu or silken?