Easy Buddha’s Delight recipe
Posted by Ariel | Filed under appetizers, Chinese, green vegatable, lunch, VEGETARIAN/ VEGAN
We celebrate Chinese New Year last weekend. I cooked Budda’s Delight for New Year. Budda’s Delgiht (lo han jai) is a vegetarian dish well known in Chinese and Buddhist cuisine. It is traditionally served on the first day of the Chinese New Year both to cleanse out the body and to honor a Buddhist tradition [...]
Tags: Add new tag, Budda's Delight, Chinese New Year, Chinese vegetarian dish, lo hon jai
Chive Dumpling humburg
Posted by Ariel | Filed under appetizers, Chinese, green vegatable, VEGETARIAN/ VEGAN
Chinese Chive Dumpling is my favarite dish. Wheneveer I go to dim sum restaurant, I order them. I cannot make exactly same chive dumpling, but I found this recipe is also another chive dumpling I like. I used Chinese chive for this dish. You can get it from most asian super market.
Tags: Chinese Chive, dumpling
Ton Choi with pickled tofu
Posted by Ariel | Filed under appetizers, Chinese, soy product, VEGETARIAN/ VEGAN
Let me introduce this Chinese vegetable called Ton Choi and Pickled tofu (Fermented Bean curd). This vegetable is very popular for Chinese and cooked with pickled tofu. Pickled tofu also called “tofu cheese” , preserved tofu, or fermented tofu, is a form of processed, preserved tofu used in Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine. Many Asians can’t [...]
Tags: fermented tofu, picked tofu, ton choi
kabocha squash bun with miso
Posted by Ariel | Filed under Chinese, squash /pumpkin, VEGETARIAN/ VEGAN
I like having dim sum in weekend with family. Dim sum is the name for a Chinese cuisine which involves a wide range of light dishes served alongside Chinese tea. It is usually served in the mornings until noon time at Chinese restaurants. Since most of dishes has meat / fish inside, I always thought [...]
Tags: bun, dim sum, kabocha, VEGETARIAN/ VEGAN
Kabocha squash and peanut rice medley
Posted by Ariel | Filed under By Vegetable, Chinese, squash /pumpkin, VEGETARIAN/ VEGAN
I like kabocha pumpkin a lot. This is one of my favorite dish, and very easy to make. If you have rice cooker, just put all ingredients in there, let them cook. This style of rice dish, we call takikomi gohan. (cooking style is very similar to Paella food.) Here is my recipe
Tags: Kabocha squash, peanut, rice medley, takikomigohan
Spinach dumpling (stir-fried)
Posted by Ariel | Filed under Chinese, green vegatable, Japanese, VEGETARIAN/ VEGAN
In Japan, this dishes known as “Gyoza” and lot of place serve this in ramen (noodle) restaurant. We add log of meat, veggie, and garlic in this dumpling, but instead of meat, I used shitake mushroom.
Tags: dumpling, green vegatable, gyoza
mapo sweet potato
Posted by Ariel | Filed under By region / cuisine, By Vegetable, Chinese, potato, VEGETARIAN/ VEGAN
You may try “Mapo tofu” in Chinse restaurantbefore. Mapo tofu is a popular Chinese dish in the Szechuan province. This dish usually made of tofu and minced meat in a spicy chili- and bean-based sauce. This time I used sweet potato instead of tofu and cooked vegan style. Here is the recipe…. Here is my [...]
