chickpea tofu

i made Burmese chickpea tofu yesterday! it was pretty easy to make the tofu, but frying it was much more difficult and i never quite figured out the best way to do it. although it did end up tasting great and having a wonderful texture, so i must have done something right!

as a byproduct, i'm left with a load of dry crumbly chickpea matter, which seems like a shame to throw away. i'm thinking i'll try to use it for falafel, although a lot of the Good Chickpea Stuff has been pressed out. we'll see! this is great timing too, because vegan products are on discount in Lidl this week and just yesterday i bought some ready falafel. at least it can be frozen.

i'm definitely also going to try my hand at regular soy tofu at some point.

tiikerin morsian

there's this tea company Nordqvist whose teas have lovely names like:

• Uskollinen ystävä
• Sadepäivän ilo
• Keisarin morsian
• Tiikerin päiväunet

and i've always thought that tiikerin morsian would be way cooler, there's a name that tells a story! and i just realised that that story is When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo. i should reread that.