Guangdong

Buddha's delight

Name: Buddha's delight
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 6 dried shiitake mushrooms; a small handful dried wood ear mushroom (dried black fungus); a small bundle sweet potato glass noodles (glass noodles, cellophane noodles); Firm tofu, firm, cubed; 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 inch sliced ginger; 3 cloves sliced garlic; 1 sliced carrot; Baby corn, halved; Napa cabbage (wombok, chinese leaf), chunks, stems and leaves separated; Green beans, or snow peas, trimmed; 1 1/4 cups vegetable stock (vegetable broth); 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tsp sugar; a pinch salt; 1 tbsp in 2 tbsp water cornflour (cornstarch); 1 tsp sesame oil

A vegetarian braise of mushrooms, tofu, cabbage and glass noodles. A temple feast in your kadai.

40 minTime

11 gProtein each

mildSpice

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

269kcal

11 gprotein

5 gfibre

40minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Dried shiitake mushrooms6

Dried wood ear mushroom (dried black fungus)a small handful

Sweet potato glass noodles (glass noodles, cellophane noodles)a small bundle

Firm tofufirm, cubed

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Ginger2.5 cm, sliced

Garlic3 cloves, sliced

Carrot1, sliced

Baby cornhalved

Napa cabbage (wombok, chinese leaf)chunks, stems and leaves separated

Green beansor snow peas, trimmed

Vegetable stock (vegetable broth)1¼ cups

Soy sauce1½ tbsp

Sugar1 tsp

Salta pinch

Cornflour (cornstarch)1 tbsp, in 2 tbsp water

Sesame oil1 tsp

Method

5 steps

1Soak the shiitake, wood ear and glass noodles in separate bowls of warm water for 20 to 30 minutes. Slice the shiitake and keep its water.
2Fry the tofu cubes in the oil on medium high for 5 minutes until golden. Lift out.
3In the same oil, fry the ginger and garlic, then the carrot, shiitake, wood ear and baby corn for 2 minutes.
4Add the cabbage stems, beans, stock, soy sauce, sugar and 1/2 cup shiitake water. Cover and simmer 5 minutes.
5Add the cabbage leaves, tofu and noodles and simmer 3 minutes. Stir in the slurry and sesame oil and toss until glossy. Taste for salt.

Serve it like this

Serve in a wide bowl with the golden tofu and shiitake on top so every ingredient shows.

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