Vegetarian Cantonese Kueyteow
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Ingredients:
Kueyteow
Mock chicken
Vegetarian fish balls
Vegetarian prawns
2 tablespoons corn flour mixed with water to make watery paste
2 Dried mushrooms (washed & boiled)
Sawi (cut to 2 inch pieces)
1 Egg (beaten)
Finely chopped garlic
2 tablespoons vegetarian oyster sauce
1.5 tablespoons light soya sauce
A few drops of dark soya sauce
1-2 drops sesame oil
Salt to taste
White pepper
Method:
- Heat a little oil in a kuali. Add kueyteow which has been loosened. Add a little light soya sauce and fry for a minute. Remove.
- In same kuali heat a little oil and fry chopped garlic (do not brown). Add the mock chicken, fish balls & prawns and fry for one to two minutes. Add 3 cups of water and add rest of ingredients except sawi and egg. Boil on low fire for 10 minutes. Check taste.
- Add sawi. Half a minute later add corn flour paste a little at a time until of desired thickness. Immediately add egg, stir well and turn off the fire. The sauce is now ready.
- Place required amount of kueyteow in bowl and pour sauce over the kueyteow.
To be eaten immediately.
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Tofu Sambal
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Ingredients:
150 gm fried tofu
½ onion
4 cloves of garlic
6 shallots
2 or 3 fresh red chillies (depending on how hot you like it)
1 ripe tomato
Tomato sauce (to taste)
Sugar (to taste)
Salt (to taste)
Method:
- Cut onion into rings.
- Blend garlic, shallots, chillies and tomato together.
- Heat some oil in a pan. Add the onion rings and the blended items. Stir fry till a good aroma rises.
- Add just a little tomato sauce, sugar and salt to taste. Mix well.
- Add the tofu and stir fry till tofu is coated with all the ingredients. Leave the lid on for 1-2 minutes.
- Serve with rice.
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Rojak (Malaysian Fruit Salad)
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Ingredients:
1 small thinly sliced cucumber
1 cup firm ripe papaya (cut into cubes)
1 apple (sliced)
1 cup water-chestnut (sliced)
2 cups fresh ripe pineapple (cut into cubes)
1 firm green pear (cut into cubes)
For the sauce:
3 tablespoons dry roasted peanuts
1 or 2 red chillies (sliced and seeded)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon tamarind paste mixed with 1/2 cup water and strained
Method:
- Place the cucumber, papaya, apple, water-chestnut, pineapple and pear in separate heaps on a serving platter.
- Chop fine the peanuts (in a food processor). Blend in the chillies, brown sugar and tamarind liquid to form a paste.
- You can serve the sauce and fruit separately or together. Serve the salad at room temperature.
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Vegetarian Laksa
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Ingredients (for 4 servings):
500gm spaghetti
8 red chillies (seeded)
2 cloves garlic 2cm ginger
2 shallots
2 stalks lemon grass
2 tablespoons oil
4 cups vegetable stock
2 cups fresh milk
1 cup evaporated milk
200gm snow peas (trimmed)
Salt to taste
3-4 medium tofu (fired and cut into cubes)
60gm bean sprouts
2 salted eggs (boiled and cut in half) (optional)
Coriander or mint leaves for garnishing
A few lemon wedges
Method:
- Cook spaghetti (as in package directions), drain and divide among the bowls.
- Grind red chillies, garlic, ginger, shallots and lemon grass to a smooth paste.
- Fry chilli paste in oil until fragrant.
- Add vegetable stock, fresh milk and evaporated milk. Bring to a simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Add snow peas and salt. Cook until just tender.
- Divide the soup among the bowls.
- Top with tofu, bean sprouts, salted eggs (optional) and coriander/mint leaves.
- Serve with lemon wedges.
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Spicy Grilled Tofu
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Ingredients (for 4 servings):
21 oz (600 gm) firm tofu, well-drained
Flour for dusting
Salt & pepper
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Ingredients for hot marinade sauce:
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1/3 oz (10 gm) hot green pepper, chopped
1 tablespoon minced green onion
1 tablespoon crushed garlic
1 teaspoon ground chili pepper
1 teaspoon roasted sesame seeds
1 teaspoon sesame oil
Method:
- Cut tofu crosswise into halves, then cut into quarters.
- Mix all marinade sauce ingredients together.
- Marinate tofu pieces for 30 min., turning once.
- Drain off excess marinade sauce from tofu, coat with flour.
- Heat 1-tablespoon oil in 12-inch (30-cm) skillet over medium high heat; grill tofu until golden brown on both sides. Add oil if necessary.
- Place onto serving platter.
- Heat leftover marinade sauce in skillet and pour over tofu.
(Roasted sesame seeds and sesame seed oil give a fragrant flavour while hot chili pepper brings a fiery flavour to this dish)
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Vegetarian Fried Mee
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Ingredients:
Blend together:
15 dried chilies
10 shallots
5 cloves garlic
3 fresh chilies
½ kg yellow mee
¼ kg bean sprouts
¼ kg sawi, cut to 1 inch length
2-3 pieces bean curd, sliced and fried
1 big onion, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
2 tablespoons tomato sauce
1 tablespoon black soya sauce
3 tablespoons oil
Salt to taste
Some water
For garnishing:
1 chili, sliced
Spring onions, chopped
Fried shallots
1 lime
Method:
- Heat oil and fry the blended ingredients for 2 minutes.
- Add the big onion and fry.
- Add the sawi stems, bean curd and tomato. Cook for 1 minute.
- Add the yellow mee, bean sprouts and sawi leaves. Stir well.
- Add tomato sauce, black soya sauce, water and salt to taste. Stir well till cooked.
- Dish up and serve hot. Garnish with sliced chili, spring onions and some fried shallots.
- Squeeze in some lime juice (optional).
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Gado-Gado (Malay Vegetable Salad)
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Ingredients:
6 long beans (cut to 2-inch lengths)
1 cup bean sprouts (tailed and washed)
2 pieces tempeh (lightly fried)
2 pieces firm tofu (cubed and deep fried)
6 French beans (sliced)
2 potatoes (boiled and cubed)
3 cabbage leaves (torn)
For the sauce:
300 gm roasted peanuts
1 tablespoon sweet, dark soya sauce
1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
1 cup water
Method:
- Boil the potatoes, then cool and cube them.
- Steam the vegetables (except the beansprouts),then drain and cool.
- Blend the sauce ingredients and add water.
- Place the salad ingredients on a plate. Pour the peanut sauce over the salad ingredients.
- Serve immediately.
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