Pocket Tofu Shreds
Boiled Water Spinach
Cucumber Salad Cup
Instant Orange Soy Milkshake
October 18, 2008
Pocket Tofu Shreds Boiled Vegetables Cucumber Cup Orange Soy Milkshake
Ingredients: Pocket Tofu Shreds
Pocket tofu, shredded
2 tablespoons olive oil
½ teaspoon salt
1 shallot (or leek), chopped
Handful of pine nuts
Few drops of Maggi sauce
Black pepper (optional)
Boiled Vegetables
Water spinach, cut into small pieces
Carrot, cut into small pieces
Red bell pepper, cut into small pieces
Cucumber Cup
2 cucumbers, cut in half horizontally
3 tomato
Coriander (or cilantro), minced
3 toothpicks
Salad dressing:
2 parts olive oil
1 part vinegar
Sprinkle of salt
Brown sugar
Black pepper (optional)
Orange Soy Milkshake
1/3 – ½ cup of soy milk
2/3 – ½ cup orange juice
Directions: Pocket Tofu Shreds
Add oil to a pan.
Add shallots and fry until they’re brown and fragrant.
Add the shredded pocket tofu and pine nuts, and fry over medium high heat.
Add salt, Maggi sauce, and black pepper to taste. Mix well.
Reduce heat and fry for a little longer until the shredded tofu and pine nuts turn a golden color.
Boiled Vegetables
Boil enough water to cover the vegetables.
Add all the vegetables. Boil for about 2 minutes and transfer to a plate.
Cucumber Cup
Salad Dressing:
Add olive oil, vinegar, salt, sugar, and black pepper to taste. Mix well.
Cucumber Salad:
Peeled ½ cucumber and diced.
Use the sharp knife, shell around a tomato with a ring, to make a rose out of it for decoration.
The remaining tomatoes, diced
Mix cucumber, tomato, and coriander together. Transfer to a plate.
Add some salad dressing on. Mix well.
Cucumber Cup:
Cut the remaining cucumbers in half, lengthwise. Scoop out the inside.
Put 2 pieces of cucumbers together with a toothpick, to make a cup. Place cucumbers on the plate.
Stuff cucumber salad into the cucumber cup.
Roll the tomato skin so that it looks like a rose and set on one side of the plate.
To cover the toothpick ends, use a piece of red bell pepper or cherry tomato.
Orange Soy Milkshake
Fill a glass ½ or ⅓ with soy milk and fill to the rim with orange juice
Serve
Pocket Tofu Shreds can be served with rice and Boiled Vegetables. Put the Pocket Tofu Shreds on corner of a plate, add rice and Boiled Vegetables and serve.
Cucumber Cup can be served as a side dish or as a snack.