You know that saying… new year, new me ? In my asian household, new year , new me also includes a clean start. For the sake of tradition, vegetarian meals are meant to represent clean eating that leads to clean start. What do you do to have a clean and fresh start to the new year. Chinese New Year is all about eating good food that bring our family together. This is our version of Veggie Stir Fry! Clean, but tasty 🙂
LUCKY MEANING “齋”
As mentioned before, the name of this dish , 齋 means veggies ,but can also represents the idea of clean. This dish wishes your family, a clean start to the new year.
INGREDIENTS
- 705g cabbage
- 1 stick carrot (161g)
- 10g dried black fungus
- 170g frozen fried stick bean curd
- 75 g fried tofu
- 227g (1 can) straw mushrooms
- 20g dried citron daylily
- 103g (2 bundles) bean thread noodles
- 2 tbsp veggie oyster sauce
- 2 slices ginger
INSTRUCTIONS
First, soak the dried black fungus, dried citron daylily and 粉絲 each for about 20 minutes.
After soaking the dried citron daylily, cut the ends of it. Wash them and tie each knot.
After soaking the dried black fungus, cut their harder portion and wash them each
After soaking the bean thread, cut it short. After washing cabbage, cut it into small slices. Peel off the carrot and cut it into sticks.
After opening the can of straw mushroom, pour out all the water and cut them each into half.
After opening the frozen fried stick bean curd, slightly rinse them. Cut the ginger into slices.
Put the dried black fungus, dried citron daylily and straw mushrooms into a pot of hot water for about a minute. Then, take them away and put the fried tofu in the same pot. Squeeze the oil and water out of the tofu and cut each one in half.
Add the carrot, dried black fungus, dried citron daylily, straw mushrooms, bean curd and veggie oyster sauce to fry with 1 tbsp of sesame oil for about 2 minutes.
Fry the ginger first with 2 tbsp of oil and fry together with cabbages evenly. Add bean thread and bean curd to fry them evenly. Then put all the ingredients inside and add half a cup of water. Fry them evenly for about 2 minutes. Serve.
TIPS
- Tie each dried citron daylily to a knot for texture purposes
- You can try the taste first before you put the salt on it.
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Make sure to check out the other Chinese New Year Recipes 2023 in our series !
Veggie Stir fry (齋)
Ingredients
- 705 g cabbage
- 1 stick carrot 161g
- 10 g dried black fungus
- 170 g frozen fried stick bean curd
- 75 g fried tofu ball
- 227 g 1 can straw mushrooms
- 20 g dried citron daylily
- 103 g 2 bundle bean thread
- 2 tbsp veggie oyster sauce
- 2 slices ginger
Instructions
- Soak the dried black fungus, dried citron daylily and 粉絲 each for about 20 minutes.
- After soaking the dried citron daylily, cut their beginning and end. Wash them and tie each knot.
- After soaking the dried black fungus, cut their harder portion and wash them each
- After soaking the bean thread, cut it short.
- After washing cabbage, cut it into small slices.
- Peel off the carrot and cut it into sticks.
- After opening the can of straw mushroom, pour out all the water and cut them each into half.
- After opening the frozen fried stick bean curd, slightly rinse them.
- Cut the ginger into slices.
- Put the dried black fungus, dried citron daylily and straw mushrooms into the pot to clean up for about 60 degrees. Then we take them away and put the bean curd in the same pot. Press the bean curd to squeeze the oil out. After that, also press water away from the bean curd and them into half of each.
- Add the carrot, dried black fungus, dried citron daylily, straw mushrooms, bean curd and veggie oyster sauce to fry with 1 tbsp of sesame oil for about 2 minutes.
- Fry the ginger first with 2 tbsp of oil and fry together with cabbages evenly. And add bean thread and bean curd to fry them evenly. Then put all the ingredients inside and add half a cup of water. Fry them evenly for about 2 minutes. We can serve it.
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