Mushroom salad

Mushroom salad

Ingredients :

-Oyster mushroom              3-5 (grilled and cut into small chunks)

-Carrot                               1 (Thinly slice)

-Spring onion                      3 (chopped roughly)

-Mint                                  10 leaves (chopped roughly)

-Toasted peanut                  2-3 table spoons

Salad dressing :

-Green chilli                            3 (Finely chopped)

-Garlic                                    2 cloves (Finely chopped)

-Palm sugar                            1 table spoons

-Lemon juice                          1 ½  table spoons

-Soy sauce                             1 ½ table spoons

-Sesame oil                            1 tea spoon

Method :

1.To prepare salad dressing, mix all of the salad dressing ingredients together and stir them until palm sugar dissolve or until they mix together well.

2.To prepare mushrooms, cut the head of the mushrooms out, then cut mushroom’s legs into two halves  through the length. Grill the heads and the cut legs of the mushroom for 3 minutes each side,  after that cut them into small chunks and keep aside.

3.Mix all ingredients with salad dressing by tossing it two or three times and it’s ready to eat.

Stir-fry Mashed Eggplants

Stir-fry Mashed Eggplants

Ingredients :

-Purple eggplant                      2 (peeled and cut into big cubes)  

-Green peas                            1 cup

-Spring onion                          3 (Finely chopped)

-Coriander                              2 (Finely chopped)

-Oil                                         2-3 table spoons

Chilli paste :

-Green chilli                           5

-Garlic                                   3 cloves

-Pickled soybean                   1 table spoon

Seasoning :

-Sugar                                        1 teaspoon

-salt                                            1 pinch

-Vegetarian oyster sauce             1 table spoon (Optional)

Method :

1. To make chilli paste, grind all chilli paste ingredients together until the paste becomes very fine.

2. To prepare eggplants, peel and cube them, then steam them for 10 minutes. After steaming, pour the eggplants into a big bowl and smash them till they become very fine.

3. Pour oil into the pan and heat it for 1 minute, then add chilli paste into the  pan and fry it for 2 minutes.

4. Add smashed eggplant (prepared in no.2) into the pan and stir it well. (Fry for another 2-3 minutes)

5. Add all seasoning into the pan and mix it well. Fry for 2 minutes, then take the pan out from the stove.

Lemongrass Chilli Tofu

Lemongrass Chilli Tofu

Ingredients : 

- Firm Tofu   250 g. (Cut into 1 inch long, finger shape)                   
- Carrot  1  (Thinly slice, 1 inch long)
- Onion   1  (Thinly slice)
- Capsicum 1 (Thinly slice)
- Oil        2  table spoons

Chilli paste :

- Chilli flake 2 table spoon
- Garlic   3 cloves
- Fresh turmeric  2 teaspoons
- Lemongrass   1 (Finely chopped)

Seasoning :

- Vegetarian Stir Fry sauce  2 table spoons
- Sugar  1 teaspoon
- Salt   1/2 teaspoon
- Lemon juice  1 teaspoon (optional)
- Water  3 table spoons
- Corn starch  1 table spoon
   (Mix with 2 table spoons of water to thicken the dish)

Method :

1.To make chilli paste, grind all chilli paste ingredients together until the paste become very fine.

2. Pour oil into the pan and heat it for one minute, then put chilli paste into the pan and fry for another 2-3 minutes.

3. Add onion, capsicum and carrot into the pan and fry them for 2-3 minutes, then add tofu into the pan and fry for another 2-3 minutes.

4. Add water, sugar and salt into the pan and mix them well.

5. Add vegetarian stir fry sauce into the pan and before taking the pan out from the stove, add mixed cornstarch into the pan and mix them well. Amount of cornstarch desired depends on the consistency you like.

6. After taking the pan out from the stove, you can add lemon juice if you like. Lemon juice helps harmonize the food's taste.

** I really hope that everybody will like that dish as it is a delicious and healthy food. It is easy and as well as very quick to cook. Enjoy cooking!