Fried halloumi | Jamie Oliver recipes

Ingredients

• 2 x 225g blocks of halloumi or firm/ extra-firm tofu (dairy wara or soya wara)
• 5 tbsp cornflour or gluten-free flour
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• ¾ tsp garlic granules
• ¼ tsp fine sea salt for halloumi or
• ¾ tsp fine sea salt (for tofu)
• ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 3–4 tbsp rapeseed oil
• Handful of fresh basil leaves, sliced
• FOR THE RED PEPPER SAUCE
• 2 red Romano peppers, stemmed, deseeded and roughly chopped
• 2 mild red chillies, stemmed, deseeded and roughly chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled
• 2.5cm piece of ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
• 75ml vegetable oil
• 1 large brown onion, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1–2 tsp chilli flakes
• 4 sprigs of thyme
• 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 10 cherry tomatoes, halved (mixed colours, if available)