11. Veggies and Toufu / Tofu

Veggies!!! and Tou foo!!! or Tofu!!

炒菜和豆腐/豆干

i love veggies and tofu!

sometimes i just boil veggies with salt and sugar

sometimes i fry them with garlic, salt and white pepper

sometimes i want a rempah to go with my veggies!

below some home cooked veggies that sometimes tastes like what you buy at the zhi char or food stalls. takes a bit of effort and right cookware but so satisfying when done right!

stir fried dou meow at home

just salt, pepper, light soya, fresh garlic, shaoxing wine and do a wok hei! 

mixed veggies

Peranakan belachan salad

chinese leeks with taukua and prawns

teochew style stir fry

chap chye with tung hoon

beijing cabbage, carrots, dried wood ear black fungus (hard variety), dried chinese mushrooms, chopped garlic and tung hoon

from nasi padang stall... 

bendy (lady's fingers) with egg, brinjals, sambal goreng (taukua, tempeh, long beans in a sambal), sambal kang dang (potatoes), with rendang gravy and sambal belachan

stir fried kang kong with oyster sauce

bitter gourd with eggs

qing chao dou miao

kai lan (young shoots)

stir fried kai lan

chye sim

sometimes, when chye sim is fresh and "young" (baby chye sim, young shoots), i simple boil them in water seasoned with salt and sugar. that's it. the chye sim will taste incredible!

simple veggie side dishes

now i simply like boiled veggies, seasoned with salt, white pepper and sesame oil

sometimes i mix in raw garlic into the sesame oil, then season with salt and white pepper before seasoning the veggies - soy bean sprouts / bean sprouts, spinach or bayam, cucumber

boiled round/sharp/baby spinach 

seasoned with salt, white pepper and sesame oil

sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds on top will make it look good

Roast Vegetables

roast veggies

- butternut pumpkin

- carrots

- fresh mushrooms

- boiled potatoes

- red & green capsicums

- tomatoes

- onions

mix marinade together:

- crushed garlic

- salt, black pepper, oil

- fresh parsley

- fresh thyme, rosemary

- lemon juice & lemon rind

sambal kang kong - 

still haven't found the right recipe yet

basically need dried prawns/shrimp/hae bi and sambal belachan

sambal belacan ladysfingers

(cooked after making some sambal belacan nov2023)

from 628 nasi padang stall - sambal goreng, terong and bendi

one pot mixed veggie stew pot 

(like claypot tofu with veggies)

my fav simple archar!!

cucumbers, carrots, pineapple, onions

with lime juice, sugar, salt

cucumber salad

fried tau guah with french or long beans, chye poh and olive veggie (kan na chye)

think some people call this nub nub Lol

aug 2021

learnt to love boiled veggies with salt!!

if not, just roast with salt, pepper and oil.

mashed boiled potatoes with boiled carrots

seasoned with salt, pepper and some butter

veggie stock always great for soups!! like miso soup!!

bad pic below but this simple veggie miso just tastes amazing!

aug 2021

simple roast potatoes and carrots

here i combined a cheese omelette and some sausages

20 Sep 2021

love to have this set meal from Chang Kee

veggie stir fry and rice $5.50

March 2022

tender string beans - or are these french beans?

recipe - nanik's sambal goreng

rempah

1. buah keras x5

2. serai x1

3. red chilli x6 (big)

4. fresh turmeric, kunyit 1"

5. shallots x10

6. garlic x7

7. tomato x1

ingredients

- tempe

- tau kuah

- long beans or french beans

- onions - sliced

- red and green chilli - roughly cut or sliced

- serai x1-2

- limau purut leaves x2-3

- optional - coconut milk to thicken

- optional - dired red chillis

Recipe - Coleslaw 

- shredded cabbage (raw)

- shredded carrots

- raw garlic - chopped or roughly pounded

- wholegrain mustard

- mayonaise / japanese mayo

- lemon juice

- sugar

- salt and black pepper

- garlic flavoured oil (cooked or raw garlic oil)

27-28 Aug 2023

22 sep 2023

thai style fried baby kai lan

3 Jan 2024

su chye - a teochew chinese cabbage stew with a few ingredients

Recipe - Su Chye

fry garlic

add dried scallops

add chinese cabbage

fry till fragrant

add water or stock (ikan bilis and/or chicken stock)

add chinese shaoxing wine

season with oyster sauce, light soya, salt, white pepper, sugar

stew till cabbage is soft. 

if want crunchy veggies, add stock/water before adding veggies

add: 

- vegetarian mock abalone, 

- corn, 

- canned straw and button mushrooms 

- dried mushrooms, 

- bamboo shoots,

- carrots, etc

12 Feb 2024

love my simple stir fried chinese cabbage 

with garlic, salt, white pepper and light soya sauce.

30 June 2022 Thu

Recipe - Veggie Stew

this stew usually includes fresh seafood 

and flour-coated fried fish slices or fried fish head

- napa cabbage (used 1/2)

- mushrooms

- carrots

- ginger -  approx 1 inch

- garlic - 4-5 cloves, chopped

- red chilli x1

- tofu skin

- eggs

cooking

1. fry the ginger till fragrant

2. add garlic and salt, fry till fragrant (also added fried garlic)

3. add the hard stems/stalks of the napa cabbage and carrots

4. add oyster sauce, mushroom sauce, light soya, mountain sauce, white pepper

5. add shaoxing wine and sesame oil

6. add chicken or pork or fish/ikan bilis stock

7. add all the remaining veggies and red chilli
(add prawns and/or fish slices for seafood flavour)

8. add tofu skin and eggs 

9. add cornflour slurry and thicken gravy

10. switch off the fire, add shaoxing wine, sesame oil and serve hot

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Recipe: Chinese Mushroom Stew

CNY Day1 - 25 jan 2020

Ingredients

- chopped garlic & ginger

- Dried Chinese Mushrooms

- Fa Choy

- Straw Mushrooms

- Sauce Mix

- Optional: Abalone, Dried Oysters

Sauce Mix

- oyster sauce

- light soya sauce

- shaoxing wine

- pinch of salt & sugar

- white pepper

- fried garlic & garlic flavoured oil

- sesame oil

- stock (from boiling chicken feet or lightly flavoured stock from veg or seafood or meat)

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28 Aug 2024

roast / grilled veggies

Recipe - Roasted Capsicums

1. roast or grill red capsicums + 1 green capsicums till charred

2. cover and rest the veggies 

3. peel off the charred skin

4. cut into strips

5. season with salt, black pepper, balsamic vinegar, honey, 

olive oil and/or garlic-flavoured oil

6. serve - add roasted capsicums on plain crackers or oglio olio or baked potatoes

Recipe - Roasted Pumpkin

- season pumpkin with salt, black pepper, garlic-flavoured oil

- roast till just tender (about 15min 120 degrees)

- serve hot

optional - squeeze a bit of lemon 

28 April 2025

Recipe - Sambal Kang Kong

1. fry garlic, onions, hae bi (dried prawns)

2. add dried chilli paste x1 tbsp

3. add sambal belacan x2 tbsp

4. add sugar and salt to taste

5. fry chilli mixture

6. then add kang kong and fry 

7. serve hot with steamed rice

16 May 2025

cooked veggies!

- prawns with garlic stem and string beans in oyster sauce

- spinach with salted egg and century eggs

Recipe - Spinach with Salted Egg and Century Eggs

1. prepare spinach, separate leaves from stems

- round, sharp or red spinach are ok

- chinese spinach or puay leng is ok too

2. roughly cut salted eggs and century eggs into cubes

- i bought 1 cooked salted egg and 2 century eggs from the market

$0.80 each x3

3. fry garlic

4. add spinach stems and fry

5. add water or stock

i used stock cubes (ikan bilis and chicken, about 1/2 of each)

can also add marinated minced pork or chicken

6. add salted and century eggs

7. add wolf berries

8. boil the soupy dish, add salt and white pepper to taste

9. add chinese wine

10. serve hot with rice