Vegan Saag Paneer

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This dish is wonderful with tofu instead of paneer and is another great way to get a nice dose of protein and iron into your diet. The tofu is drained and cut into small pieces, then pan-fried until golden brown. Then the spices are added and toasted together with the tofu for a wonderful flavor. Then cashew milk is added and simmered until thickened. I used a ¼ cup of avocado oil to fry to the tofu. This is not added into the ingredient list below for nutritional purposes because it is only used to fry the tofu. There is 1 teaspoon of avocado oil in the ingredient list to account for the oil that is left in the pan (read below in the instructions). Feel free to use cream for a vegetarian version.

Ingredients

1 pound firm tofu by house foods
1 teaspoon avocado oil
1 ¾ cup cashew milk by so delicious
4 clove garlic
1 slice – 1" diameter ginger
1 tablespoon garam masala
½ teaspoon red pepper (cayenne), ground
1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt by morton
¼ teaspoon black pepper
10 ounce spinach

Instructions

Preheat a medium non-stick skillet until hot. Add a ¼ cup of avocado oil and heat until shimmering and hot. In the meantime, dice the tofu in small pieces (½” x ½”).
Add in half of the tofu. They will splatter a lot so be careful. Do not disturb the tofu on the first side. Place the tofu in the pan and allow to sit for 3-4 minutes until you can see a brown crust starting to form on the bottom.
Then give it a stir and allow to brown on the other sides. Flipping the few pieces that did not turn over in order for them to brown.
Remove browned tofu to a paper towel-lined plate. Repeat with the remaining tofu.
Drain out to oil in the pan leaving 1 teaspoon of avocado oil. Add the garlic and ginger minced into the oil. Fry for 30 seconds. Add the browned tofu back in with minced garlic and ginger.
Then add the garam masala and cayenne pepper. Toast together for 1 minute.
Add in the cashew milk and stir well.
Then add in the spinach. Simmer on low heat until the milk and spinach thicken together for about 5 minutes. Add the salt and black pepper. Taste and adjust adding more salt and pepper.