Tofu Tikka Masala
One of the dishes I knew I was going to miss the most when I gave up meat was chicken tikka masala. I love that tangy, spicy sauce so much that sometimes I've even asked for just the sauce without any chicken to eat with naan. So when I saw this recipe for a tofu tikka masala on Food52 I was pretty excited to try it out, especially since I've never cooked Indian food before. The Food52 recipe is itself adapted from the Cook's Illustrated chicken tikka masala recipe. I love that America's Test Kitchen took this exotic dish and made it accessible to the typical American home. All the ingredients are easily found at just about any grocery store, and you don't even need a tandoor to cook the tofu, just your broiler and a wire rack set over a rimmed baking sheet. I'd recommend spraying the wire racks with cooking spray beforehand so that they're easier to clean after. I think I like the tofu version even more because I used to find the chicken kind of dry....