Monday, September 23, 2013

Steamed Egg Tofu with Prawns & Shiitake Mushroom

In my previous post, I have posted how to make homemade egg tofu .

Today, I have prepared this dish for lunch. Tofu itself is plain in taste, it needs sauce to compliment each other. Surprisingly, my kids love it and they finished the whole plate.



Steamed Egg Tofu in Homemade Sauce

Ingredients:

Homemade Egg Tofu (Recipe can be found here)
8  Prawns
2 Shiitake Mushroom
1 Broccoli (small)
1 tsp minced Garlic


Homemade Sauce

  • 1 tbsp Light Sauce
  • 1.5 tbsp Oyster Sauce
  • 1 tsp Hua Tiao Jiu (Chinese Rice Wine)
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 80ml water
  • Potato Starch Mixture (to thicken the sauce) 

Method

1. Remove all the shells, heads and tails of the prawns, slit and devein. Set aside.

2. Wash and slice the shiitake mushrooms. Set aside

3. Cut the broccoli and cook them in a pot of boiling water. Strain and set aside. 

4. Mix all wet ingredients in a bowl except the potato starch mixture

5. Steam the tofu and serve on a plate. 

6. Sauteed the garlic, add in the mushroom and prawns. Stir fry to almost cook.

7. Add in the wet mixture and bring to a boil.

8. Add in the potato starch mixture to thicken the sauce. Switch off the fire. Can also use corn flour to make the starch mixture.

9. Plating the broccoli, prawns onto the plate of tofu. Spoon the mushroom and sauce over them. Serve while hot.

Enjoy!







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