This is my 1st dish post of the
year! Pretty excited with my new vision as I have reason to stock up my
pantry with bigger and pretty plates for dishes :) In my Year 2012 At AGlance post I mentioned I will prepare more dishes post. Before I go to the recipe
let me talk something...
As a full-time housewife I used to prepare meals for my family. This
including breakfast ...baking bread almost every 2 days! My hubby will back for
lunch not because I can cook well. He has no choice as he has to fetch my elder
son from school while me fetching the younger son. You might wonder why not
fetching both? My elder now is in primary 2 and his school is over at 1 noon.
The younger one is in kindergarten which school over at 12 noon. So after
fetching my younger son from school I will prepare simple and quick lunch for
my hubby and the kids. Of course at the same time I have to look after my 16
months old girl. I'm lucky as my kids are not picky as long as a soup is being
served their meal are settled. My hubby of course expects more than just a soup!
Sometimes he complains and asking why me not put effort in preparing meals
compare to desserts? He used to say I just 'chin chai' (随便 or whatever) when come to meals. LOL! I think it is time for me to learn and
prepare great meals to satisfy my hubby stomach! :D
Ingredients:
(A)
3 gloves garlic
1 firm tofu
100g fresh shiitake mushroom
80g Chinese chives
1 big red chili
(B) seasoning
1 tablespoon light soya sauce
1 tablespoon Chinese cooking wine
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
150-200 ml water
1 teaspoon sugar
Methods:
~Preparation
1. Dice garlic.
2. Slice firm tofu about 1/2 cm thickness.
3. Slice shiitake mushroom into slices.
4. Cut Chinese chives about 3 cm long.
5. Remove seeds of chili and cut into slices.
~Cooking
1. Add in 2-3 tablespoons vegetable oil into hot wok. Gently arrange tofu
slices (with chopsticks) inside the hot oil. Fry at high heat till one side
turn golden brown. By that time it should be easily turn over without sticking
on the wok surface. Fry till golden brown. Remove from hot oil and set aside.
2. Pour out all the oil. Heat up wok again on
high heat. Arrange mushroom slices in wok. Cook till slightly brown and can
smell the mushroom. Remove and set aside.
*this will enhance the mushroom flavour.
3. In the same wok, add in about 1-2 teaspoons oil. Add in diced garlic and
sauté till lightly brown. Now add in seasoning. Start with soya, cooking wine,
oyster sauce and lastly water. Add in sugar and bring the sauce to boil.
4. Add in fried tofu slices and cook for about 2-3 minutes to let seasoning
flavour the tofu.
5. Add in browned mushroom, chives and red chilies. Stir fry till well mix. It
is done once the chives cooked (about 1 minute). Dish out and serve!
Bravo VIvian,
ReplyDeleteThis is a very good start. Very healhty and i'm sure it's yummmmm
simple and nice dish. Looking forward to more of your cooking! have a beautiful sunday!
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Healthy and delicious, going meatless is good for the system!
ReplyDeleteVivian , your ( almost ) vegetarian dish looks wonderfully appetizing :D Fried tofu is always delicious in my opinion !
ReplyDeleteViv,
ReplyDeleteStir frying is always full of flavour.
Your stir fry chinese chives with mushroom sounds healthy and delish!
mui
Hi Vivian! A good start to the new year and I look forward to more such posts in the future!!!
ReplyDeleteVivian, that's a very delicious vegetarian dish. Looking forwards to more dishes from you :)
ReplyDeleteHi Vivian, your dish looks delicious! I love chives and mushrooms! Thumbs up to you for your determination in trying out new dishes in your kitchen! Looking forward to more of your yummy savoury dishes!
ReplyDeleteI don’t know why all of the food blog posts are popping up on my screen today. Even though I’ve been searching for a platform where I can pay someone to do my essay for two hours now; and all I can see is food blogs. I guess it’s a sign for me to get up and make myself dinner.
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