Vegan Friends Help!!

Cross posted from my journal -

This Thursday night I will probably be making dinner for a strict vegan friend of mine. I plan on making tofu curry. I plan on making this meal from a curry paste. I am almost positive that it is 100% vegan but I want to double check since I would not know what hidden animal products there are.

 I would ask him but I don't want him to feel that I am going through this huge production to feed him according to his preference because I really am not... and either way I am totally happy too! I have underlined the ingredients I am most unsure about.

So here is the ingredient list (I included every one just in case), please let me know if anything is not vegan. I will probably just put some potato's in there as well with basmati rice, any ideas on other good add-ins???

Thank you!!!

Curry Paste:

1. Garlic
2. Sugar
3. Soybean oil
4. Dried red chilies
5. Tamarind juice
6. Shallot
7. salt
8. lemon grass
9. spices (coriander seeds, cumin, cardamon, cinnamon, bay leaves, lesser galanga, cloves)
10. Kaffir lime
11. Galangal
12. Citric Acid

Coconut milk:

1. Organic coconut
2. water
3. guar gum

oops sorry! thanks for that!! : )

galangal is a plant-based spice so no worries.

According to this handy list: http://www.vegan-info.com/additives.html
guar gum is safe
citric acid is safe

The sauce sounds like a thai style curry, so you might want to include peanuts,  eggplant chunks (fried before adding to the curry) and a bit of green leafy vegetable or thai basil for color and aroma.

It all looks good.

Aww, and you're so thoughfull for your friend :3

How did your dinner go?  What did you think of the food?

They actually really loved it! I was definitely nervous because I am bad at cooking all food, never the less tofu!

Thanx for asking!

Oh P.S. afterwards we walked around and went to this place that has vegan treats. Best cakes, icecream and cookies ever!!!!