
Ingredients:
• 1 cup – baby Corn (canned)
• 2 cups – bok choy, cut to 1/2 inch thick slices
• 1 cup – fresh sh
• take Mushroom (sliced)
• 300 g – Tofu (pressed Tofu)
• 1/2 – onion, sliced
• 2 tsp – fresh Ginger
• 1 tsp – garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp – scallions, sliced
• For the sauce:
• 3/4 cup – vegetable stock
• 2 tbsp – light or dark soy
• 1 tbsp – black bean sauce or paste
• 1 tbsp – dry sherry
• 2 tsp – chilli paste
• 1 tbsp – Corn starch
• 1/2 tsp – Sugar or Brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp – Szechuan pepper Corns
• 1 tbsp – oil
• Salt – as needed
Method:
- Heat oil in the pan. Add ginger and garlic.
- Now add baby corn, bok choy and onion.
- Stir fry until the bok choy is slightly wilted.
- Now combine all the ingredients listed under the sauce.
- Whisk and add to the pan.
- Boil by stirring until it is thickened.
- It takes just 1 minute or a couple of minutes.
- Now add the cubed tofu. Heat thoroughly for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Garnish with scallions.
- Serve hot with Jasmine rice.
- Use Szechuan peppers as specified. Too much of pepper will be over powering.
- How to use Szechuan peppercorns?
- Toast the Szechuan peppercorns in a dry skillet over medium heat until they begin to smoke.
- Do not worry even if few blacken slightly.
- Then grind them in a spice grinder. Store the excess powder in the jar.
- The Szechuan (seasoned oil) oil is used as a dressing for many Chinese salads.
- Recipe courtesy: Dishes from My Kitchen
- http://www.dishesfrommykitchen.com/