Tofu is made out of soymilk and contains essential vitamins and mineral without the excess calories that can ruin our diet. Vegetarians use tofu as a meant substitute but it is fast becoming popular with many weight watchers who besides maintaining a slim figure are also looking after their health.

Cooking Tofu

Asian spices are known to increase the metabolism because of the spicy side of their condiments and through it you will achieve burning calories as well as cleansing of the body through perspiration. Tofu curry is a tasty way to keep a diet enjoyable while counting calories.

Here are some of the points you must take in consideration while making tofu curry in order to keep the calorie count low and the taste unaltered. Don’t fry the tofu before using it in the curry instead place it last in the mixture say about 5 to10 minutes before the curry is done and let it simmer after you have turned the flame out for another 10 minutes in order for all the spices to penetrate the tofu and provide you with the tasty tofu curry taste.

If you are counting calories, try and use brown rice or whole wheat bread with your tofu curry or if possible no rice at all; don’t use the usual pita bread that is normally served with it at the restaurant and last but not least try and avoid all possible frying in your tofu curry as oil adds aggressively to that calorie count.

Other Way to Enjoy Tofu Curry

When cooking tofu curry at home you don’t have to have all the other ingredients such as onions fried in oil to get the curry taste. You can spray some oil just enough to grease a non-stick pan cut and stir tofu cubes in it and add curry powder, salt and turmeric for color. You will have the curry taste in matter of minutes without any gravy so you will not need rice to complement it.

Tofu is a great way to enjoy a healthy diet while watching your waistline but without compromising on the vitamins and minerals in the process. There are many other ways in which you can cook tofu with spices or without and even make desserts out of it that yet again will be kind to your figure while not compromising on taste.