Lightweight yellow curry with tofu

DifficultyBeginner

Fresh food always feels luxurious when you're hiking. You'll love all the snow peas in this easy, quick Thai-style curry when you're sitting beside the campfire at the day's end.

Yields2 Servings
Prep Time10 minsCook Time20 minsTotal Time30 mins
Summary
 675 g total weight (dry ingredients)
 1.50 l total volume dry ingredients (approx.)
 This recipe uses perishable ingredients. You should use your own judgement as to whether it's suitable for your hike.
Water and fuel
 1 l total water
Ingredients
 1 tbsp oil
 2 tbsp yellow curry paste
 350 ml water for curry sauce
 200 g spiced firm tofu, vacuum packed, with a long use-by date
 150 g snow peas
 ½ cup dried green peas
 50 g coconut milk powder
 1 tsp sugar
 1 vegetarian stock cubes (each cube makes 1 cup of stock)
 100 g vermicelli rice noodles
 650 ml water to soak noodles
Packing for your hike
1

Put vermicelli rice noodles, dried green peas, snow peas and sugar in separate bags. Double-bag the yellow curry paste.

Ingredients for yellow curry with tofu: oil, hard spiced tofu, vermicelli rice noodles, snow peas, dried green peas, yello curry paste, sugar, stock cube and coconut milk powder. Photo: A Hutchings

Before cooking
2

Boil water for soaking noodles (see ingredients). While waiting for water to boil, cut tofu into squares, and trim snow peas.
When water has boiled, soak noodles for 5 minutes. Drain noodles and set aside, covered.

Cubed tofu on hiker's lightweight chopping mat, trimmed snow peas in camping bowl, vermicelli rice noodles soaking on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

Cooking
3

Heat oil over medium heat. Cook curry paste, stirring, for 2 minutes or until fragrant.

Curry paste frying on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

4

Add water, stock cubes, dried green peas, coconut powder and sugar, and stir to combine. Bring to the boil then simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.

Yellow curry cooking on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

5

Add tofu and snow peas. Cook, stirring occasionally for 2-3 minutes.

Tofu and snow peas added to yellow curry on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

6

Divide noodles and curry among bowls and serve.

Yellow curry with tofu in camping bowl. Photo: A Hutchings

Ingredients

Summary
 675 g total weight (dry ingredients)
 1.50 l total volume dry ingredients (approx.)
 This recipe uses perishable ingredients. You should use your own judgement as to whether it's suitable for your hike.
Water and fuel
 1 l total water
Ingredients
 1 tbsp oil
 2 tbsp yellow curry paste
 350 ml water for curry sauce
 200 g spiced firm tofu, vacuum packed, with a long use-by date
 150 g snow peas
 ½ cup dried green peas
 50 g coconut milk powder
 1 tsp sugar
 1 vegetarian stock cubes (each cube makes 1 cup of stock)
 100 g vermicelli rice noodles
 650 ml water to soak noodles

Directions

Packing for your hike
1

Put vermicelli rice noodles, dried green peas, snow peas and sugar in separate bags. Double-bag the yellow curry paste.

Ingredients for yellow curry with tofu: oil, hard spiced tofu, vermicelli rice noodles, snow peas, dried green peas, yello curry paste, sugar, stock cube and coconut milk powder. Photo: A Hutchings

Before cooking
2

Boil water for soaking noodles (see ingredients). While waiting for water to boil, cut tofu into squares, and trim snow peas.
When water has boiled, soak noodles for 5 minutes. Drain noodles and set aside, covered.

Cubed tofu on hiker's lightweight chopping mat, trimmed snow peas in camping bowl, vermicelli rice noodles soaking on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

Cooking
3

Heat oil over medium heat. Cook curry paste, stirring, for 2 minutes or until fragrant.

Curry paste frying on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

4

Add water, stock cubes, dried green peas, coconut powder and sugar, and stir to combine. Bring to the boil then simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.

Yellow curry cooking on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

5

Add tofu and snow peas. Cook, stirring occasionally for 2-3 minutes.

Tofu and snow peas added to yellow curry on camping stove. Photo: A Hutchings

6

Divide noodles and curry among bowls and serve.

Yellow curry with tofu in camping bowl. Photo: A Hutchings

Notes

Lightweight yellow curry with tofu
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