A delicious, easy and quick to make light, healthy dish by nutritionist Alli Godbold, and featuring in her wonderful cookbook Feed Your Health2.

Tofu Pad Prik

Ingredients

Serves 4

1 tbsp olive oil

250g firm tofu, cut into small squares (2cm)

2 tbsp Thai red curry paste

200g green beans, trimmed

1 red and 1 green pepper, cut into strips

75ml vegetable stock (Marigold)

half tbsp fish sauce

half can coconut milk

half tsp coconut palm sugar

4 fresh kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced

large handful Thai basil leaves, torn

large handful peanuts or cashews, toasted

Method

Heat the oil in a wok over a medium heat, add the tofu and sauté until golden on all sides.  Set aside on kitchen paper.  Add the curry paste to the wok and fry for 2 mins, then add the stock to thin the paste.  Add the beans and peppers and sauté until tender.  Add the coconut milk, fish sauce and sugar.  Simmer for a few minutes and add back the tofu.  Remove from the heat and add the kaffir leaves, Thai basil and nuts.  Serve with brown basmati rice.