| Vegetarian Recipe 11 |
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Tofu and Vegetable hearty soup
(Kenchin-jiru) |
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This dish contains tofu and vegetables cooked in a shoyu based
dashi stock. Konnyaku is a jelly like product made from the roots of
a vegetable called ‘devil’s tongue’. It has no calories but increases
the effectiveness of your digestive processes.
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INGREDIENTS |
For 4 people
- 440 ml (4 cups) dashi stock (4gms instant dashi powder)
- 5 ml (1 teaspoon) shoyu
- 15 ml (1 tablespoon) cooking sake
- 15 ml (1 tablespoon) sesame oil
- 1 block firm tofu
- 1 packet Konnyaku
- 1 potato
- 1 onion
- 2 small thin leeks
- 1 carrot
- 2 spring onions
- 1 teaspoon or more Japanese dried red chilli flakes (togarashi)
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METHOD |
- Scrub the potato and cut into 3 cm pieces. Soak in fresh water
- Wash and peel the onion and leek and slice into 3 cm pieces
- Peel the carrot and cut into roundels
- Cut the tofu into 2 cm pieces
- Boil the konnyaku in a saucepan of water for 3 minutes, then
rinse and drain thoroughly
- Cut the konnyaku block in half lengthways, then chop it into
bite size pieces like the potato
- Cut the spring onion into very small pieces
- Make up the dashi stock
- Heat the oil in a saucepan or wok and stir-fry the potato,
konnyaku, carrot, onion and leek for 2 minutes
- Add the dashi stock, bring to the boil then add the
cooking sake and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally,
and removing any scum from the surface
- In about a cup of broth, dissolve the miso paste then
add back to the pot. Simmer until vegetables are cooked to
your taste
- Add the shoyu and tofu and cook for a further 1 minute
then serve garnished with the spring onion and Japanese red
chilli flakes
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INGREDIENTS USED IN THIS RECIPE TO BUY ONLINE |
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Core Products Pack C001
Consists of:
Mirin 600 ml P019,
Sake 500 ml P020,
Shoyu 500ml P022,
Dashi 50 gms P023 |
£10.99 |
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Bottle Cooking Sake (500ml)
P020 |
£2.90 |
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Packet Instant Dashi (50gms)
P023 |
£1.48 |
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Bottle Shoyu |
1 Litre
P021 |
£4.07
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500ml
P022
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£2.31 |
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Pack Tofu Firm Long Life (340gms)
P010b |
£1.14 |
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Bottle Sesame Oil (180ml)
P043 |
£3.13 |
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Miso Paste (500gms)
P025 |
£2.64 |
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Bottle 7-Spice (15gms)
P026 |
£1.25 |
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