- 300g white basmati rice
- A handful of thyme
- 2 vegetable stock cube
- 400ml coconut milk
- 380g marinated tofu
- A bunch of spring onions
- 400g Tenderstem® broccoli
- 500g cherry vine tomatoes
- 12 curry leaves
- A pinch of 2 dried chilli flakes
- 150ml boiling water
- 1 tbsp olive, sunflower or coconut oil
- Small pan with lid
- Measuring jug
- Deep frying pan or wok
- 1.
Fill your kettle and boil it. Rinse the rice under cold water, then tip it into a small pan. Drop in the thyme sprigs and crumble in the stock cube. Pour in the tin of coconut milk and 150ml boiling water. Cover the pan with a lid, bring to the boil then turn the heat right down. Gently simmer for 8 mins till the rice has absorbed all the liquid in the pan. Take the pan off the heat and set aside for a few mins, lid on to steam the rice.
- 2.
While the rice cooks, drain the tofu and slice into bite-size pieces. Trim the roots and dry tips off the spring onions. Chop them into 1-2cm-long chunks. Trim the dry ends off the Tenderstem® broccoli, and chop the stems into bite-sized chunks.
- 3.
Pop a deep frying pan or wok on a high heat and add ½ tbsp oil. Add the tofu and fry for 5 mins, turning once or twice, till the tofu is golden brown.
- 4.
Lift the fried tofu out of the pan and set aside on a plate. Add another ½ tbsp oil to the pan and add the spring onions and broccoli. Fry for 3-4 mins, stirring often, till the veg have started to brown.
- 5.
While the veg fry, halve the cherry tomatoes. When the broccoli and spring onions have browned, add the tomatoes, curry leaves and a pinch of dried chilli flakes (they’re spicy so use as big or small a pinch as you prefer). Stir fry for 2-3 mins, till the tomatoes have started to soften.
- 6.
Return the tofu to the pan, then add the rice (discarding the thyme sprigs). Stir fry for 1-2 mins till everything is well mixed.
- 7.
Divide the fried rice between a couple of warm bowls and serve straight away.