February 25, 2008: Soy Bombs

My mind's been ticking over always since Elly announced the Eat to the Beat! weblog event. I dear a theme, in addition to I knew I could meld meals in addition to music since I count Fiona Apple, Cake in addition to Custard alongside my favourite music-makers. There are lots of songs out at that spot likening loves to sugariness treats, but Warrant's melody Sweet Cherry Pie truly isn't to my taste. Ben Lee is to a greater extent than my style, but listening to the lyrics of Cigarettes Will Kill You, I couldn't fathom what he was suggesting I make! (Though clearly it was non to hold upwards served upwards with cake... hear for yourself using the actor at the cease of this transportation service in addition to tell me what you lot mean value is cooking.) Perhaps, similar Talking Heads, I was destined to Stay Hungry.

Then, channelling the Eels, Michael chipped inwards with "Whatever happened to soy bomb?" The lyrics of this vocal are rather bleak in addition to non at all related to food, but I liked the sentiment of soy bombs for dinner. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 google search for tofu balls turned upwards a pleasant-looking recipe from Post-Punk Kitchen in addition to I figured I'd laissez passer it a go. I wasn't that wrapped with the meatballs-and-spaghetti-style serving suggestion, but latched onto a commenter's purpose of sugariness chilli sauce for dipping. We'd hold upwards having our soy bombs with sugariness chilli in addition to salad.

I was impressed with how easily the mixture came together into balls (I accept a checkered history when it comes to vege burgers, balls in addition to the like) in addition to they smelled pretty expert too. As I fried upwards the minute pan-full, I idly picked upwards i from the kickoff batch in addition to took a bite. Holy mother of tofu! These are incredible! I couldn't instruct over the fact that they practise truly sort of sense of savour similar pork-mince meatballs. The season was then much to a greater extent than than the ingredients that went in. I madly posed in addition to photographed them, frying upwards a tertiary pan-full earlier Michael arrived home. Exhausted from his netball game, I barely allow him sit down downwardly earlier stuffing i into his mouth. "Don't await at the recipe - exactly sense of savour it! Aren't these great? Guess what went into them!"

He was moderately impressed at that time, but over the course of report of the eventide equally nosotros worked our agency through to a greater extent than (now with salad), neither of us could halt with our exclamations. "Mmmm! So good! And such unproblematic ingredients! I'd definitely brand these for guests." The entirely matter I noticed afterward eating copious numbers of these is that they were a flake salty, in all likelihood because the peanut butter I used had added salt. So if your peanut butter also includes salt, visit reducing the sum of soy sauce past times a bit.

So endeavor 'em. And endeavor this pocket-size collection of foodie rock'n'roll equally you lot mix, curl in addition to fry.

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Three other tasty tunes I wishing I'd been able to add:

• How To Make Gravy past times Paul Kelly
• Milk past times Garbage
• Pumpkin Soup past times Kate Nash (you tin hear to this i on her myspace page!)
  

Finally, earlier I laissez passer this fantastically unproblematic in addition to only fantastic recipe, I've got a riddle for you:

What practise you lot instruct afterward dropping a soy bomb?

The respond is the cite of to a greater extent than or less other foodie vocal inwards my CD collection, in addition to volition hold upwards revealed inwards the side past times side post.


Soy bombs

500g extra work solid tofu
1 pocket-size onion, finely chopped
3 tablespoons soy sauce (less if your peanut butter includes salt)
3 tablespoons peanut butter
1/2 loving cup breadcrumbs
fresh basil, roughly chopped/ripped (or to a greater extent than or less other herb of your choice)
1/2 loving cup apparently flour
1/3 loving cup vegetable oil

Crumble the tofu into a large bowl. Add the onion, soy sauce, peanut butter, breadcrumbs in addition to basil; combine thoroughly. Roll the mixture into balls close 3cm inwards diameter in addition to lightly coat them inwards flour.

Pour vege crude into a non-stick frypan then that it's close 2mm deep. Heat the crude until non quite smoking in addition to add together a tofu ball - it should sizzle inwards the oil. Once it does laid about to sizzle, add together to a greater extent than balls to the pan, turning them afterward a infinitesimal or 2 to prepare an fifty-fifty crust. When they're done, transfer to absorbent newspaper in addition to move on with the remaining balls.

Eat correct out of the pan, or dipped inwards sugariness chilli sauce, or with spaghetti in addition to Lycopersicon esculentum sauce, or on a sandwich. I bet you lot tin honor other ways to savor these too!