Vegetarian Recipe

Vegetarian Recipe

Braised Assorted Fungus

Ingredients:

     

• 50 grams (3 1/2 tablespoons) button mushrooms
• 50 grams (3 1/2 tablespoons) straw mushrooms
• 50 grams (3 1/2 tablespoons) abalone mushrooms
• 2 dried mushrooms
• a few small pieces golden fungus
• a few small pieces black fungus
• a few small pieces white fungus
• 20 grams (about 1 1/2 tablespoons) dried lily flowers
• 50 grams (3 1/2 tablespoons) carrot
• 50 grams (3 1/2 tablespoons) sweet peas/pea pods
• 1 teaspoon rice wine or dry sherry
• 2 tablespoons oil

 Stock:

• 500 ml (2 1/8 cups) water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1 slice ginger
• 1 stalk spring/green onion

           Seasoning :

• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon light soy sauce
• 1½ teaspoons sugar
• ½ teaspoon  sesame oil
• 300 ml (about 1¼ cups) vegetarian stock

Thickening: 

• 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch (cornflour)
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 tablespoons oil for stir-frying

Directions :

1. Wash and soak the dried mushrooms, fungi and dried lily flowers.
2. Wash, peel and thinly slice the carrot. Wash the sweet Peas, and parboil for 1 minute. Drain.
3. Rinse the remaining mushrooms.
4. Boil the vegetarian stock. Add the yellow fungus, black fungus and the dried lily flowers and cook for 5 minutes. Drain.
5. While the fungus and dried lily flowers are boiling, prepare the seasoning and the cornstarch mixture. Set aside.
6. Heat wok and add ½ tablespoon oil. When oil is ready, add the carrots and sweet peas and stir-fry on high heat. Remove and set aside.
7. Heat ½ tablespoon oil in the wok. When oil is ready, add all the mushrooms and stir-fry on high heat for 1 minute. Remove and set aside.
8. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in the wok. When oil is heated, add the fungus, dried lily flowers and the rice wine and seasoning. Braise for 5 minutes.
9. Add the mushrooms and braise for another 5 minutes.
10. Add in the carrots and sweet peas, stirring. Give the cornstarch/water mixture and add in, stirring to thicken. Serve hot.

Lim Jia Yen     17453
Electrical and Electronic Engineering