Persian Saffron Tofu Kebab

I love cooking different cuisines eventhough my favourite always goes to Thai cuisine. Today we are landing towards to the flavoursome Persian or Iranian Cuisine. This cuisine have some mutual culinary influences from many cuisine especially Indian, Central Asian. Fresh herbs are usually used along with fruits like prunes,apricots,raisins and pomegranates. Typical Persian main dishes goes for rice with meat, mostly chicken and lamb. Persian flavourings such as saffron, dried limes, cinnamon and parsley are mild delicately and used in some special dishes.

For this month  International Food Challenge ,a monthly event started by two wonderful food bloggers Sara and Shobana, Savitha of Savitha's Kitchen who is the host of this month chosed delicious and beautiful Persian dishes. From the list of recipes she gave i chosed to cook this fantastic grilled saffron tofu instead of chicken as per the original recipe went for. Trust me, this tofu is an incredible starter to enjoy simply with a pickling sauce or you can truly enjoy this saffron tofu simply with some salads. If you want to make with chicken, just go on am sure this Persion saffran chicken kebab aka Joojeh Kabab will tastes simply awesome too.

250grms Firm tofu (cubed)
1no Onion (small & chopped)
3tbsp Yogurt
2tbsp Olive
1tbsp Lime juice
1/4tsp Saffron strands
Salt
Pepper powder
1/2tsp Red chilly powder
1tbsp Rice flour (for binding)

Blend the onion,yogurt,olive oil,saffron strands, salt,pepper powder, red chilly powder and rice flour together as smooth mixture.

Pour this mixture over the tofu cubes,mix well, cover it with a cling wrap, keep in fridge for overnite.

Arrange the marinated tofu cubes in some bamboo skewers, grill or simply fry until the tofu cubes gets cooked.

Serve warm with rice or with a sauce or else simply with salad.