Every time I have potluck with my friends, in addition to tasting various delicacies, I can also learn some dishes. There are many choices of ingredients for cooking meat dishes, and the taste is easy to change, but there are relatively few options for vegetarian dishes. Among friends, Some people are vegetarians, so some people also bring vegetarian dishes. I learned a bitter melon dish at a party, which is seasoned with miso. I have never tried cooking bitter melon with miso. I ate the miso bitter melon brought by a friend. It was quite delicious. Bitter melon It's cooked with miso and doesn't taste bitter at all. Although it's a vegetarian dish, it has a lot of ingredients, including tofu, eggs and white mushrooms. With so many ingredients added, it's a big plate full after it's fried.

Mixed Stir-fried Bitter Melon with Miso

Ingredients: 1 piece of bitter melon, 1 box of tofu (medium firm), 1 packet of small white mushrooms, 2 eggs

Seasoning: Miso 1.5T soy sauce 2t sugar 1T wine 1T mirin 1T water 2T

Method:

1. Remove the seeds from the bitter melon, scrape the film inside the melon and cut it into pieces, then add Boil in boiling water until cooked and remove. (The bitter taste of bitter melon is in the thin film inside the melon. If you are afraid of bitterness, dig out or cut the inner membrane cleanly, so it will not be so bitter. You can also remove the bitterness by boiling it first.)

2. Beat the eggs. Fry until cooked.

3. Cut into pieces and set aside.

4. Pour oil into the pot and fry the thickly sliced ??tofu.

5. Fry until both sides are golden brown and set aside.

6. Mix the seasonings and set aside.

7. Pour the mixed seasoning into the pot, then add half a cup of water and cook together.

8. Add bitter melon, tofu, eggs and white mushrooms and cook until the juice is reduced.

9. This dish is originally vegetarian. I think adding bonito flakes will make it more delicious, so I cook it until it is about 80% thick and the juice is reduced, then add the grated bonito flakes and mix well. Add the bonito flakes to add more It’s umami, so if you’re a vegetarian, you don’t need to add it.

10. Plate and serve.

References:

1. Zheng Yujing and Huang Qiuhui 2011 Nutritional Balance and Health

2. White Jade Law News 2009 Jia Zal Rinpoche talks about vegetarian health care

3. Li Shuilin’s same vegetarian diet, but different senses