Inspired by: Luohan zhai — Lunar New Year temple stew
- All year
Buddha's Delight (Lo Han Jai, Mushroom-free)
- Serves
- 6
- Portion
- ≈200 g
- Time
- 45 min
- Texture
- Soft
- Season
- All year
- Dosha
- Vata
- Pitta
- Kapha
Tridoshic
Ingredients
What you need
| Done | Ingredient | Household measure | Quantity (6 servings) | Café batch ×5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napa / Chinese cabbage | Chinese cabbage | 300 g | 1500 g | |
| Carrot | 1 | 150 g | 750 g | |
| Snow peas / mangetout | 1 cup | 100 g | 500 g | |
| Bamboo shoots | shoots, sliced | 100 g | 500 g | |
| Lotus root | thin slices | 100 g | 500 g | |
| Tofu, firm | fried tofu puffs or firm tofu | 200 g | 1000 g | |
| Glass / mung-bean starch noodles (dry) | soaked | 40 g | 200 g | |
| Ginger, fresh | 2 tsp | 10 g | 50 g | |
| Sesame (til) oil | 1 tbsp | 15 g | 75 g | |
| Soy sauce / tamari (gluten-free) | 1 tbsp + 1 tsp | 20 ml | 100 ml | |
| Vegetable stock (no onion–garlic, home-made) | 1⅔ cups | 400 ml | 2000 ml | |
| Cornflour (cornstarch) | 2 tsp slaked | 8 g | 40 g | |
| Red dates / jujube (dried) | 4 red dates | 20 g | 100 g |
Method
How to cook it
Step 1: Sauté ginger in sesame oil; add carrot, lotus and bamboo 3 minutes.
Step 2: Add cabbage, tofu, dates and stock; braise 12 minutes.
Step 3: Add snow peas and noodles for 4 minutes.
Step 4: Season with soy; thicken lightly with starch.
Nutrition
Per serving, estimated
Low salt · 0.5 g per serving (low <1 g; moderate 1–1.8 g; high >1.8 g) · Salt guide
Where the energy comes from
Protein and carbohydrate × 4 kcal/g, fat × 9 kcal/g
Estimated from IFCT 2017 / USDA composition tables; not for clinical use.
How we made it Ayurvedic
- FromShiitake, wood-ear and fermented bean curd→Tolotus, bamboo and red dates
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