Cabbage Cooked With Bean Curd
chinese, main dish, vegetarian
3 large shiitake mushrooms
2 cakes medium tofu
1 lb cabbage, sliced
3 tablespoon oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon mirin sauce
Soak mushrooms in 3/4 c hot water for 1/2 hour. Put tofu onto a paper towel & leave to drain for 30 minutes.
Remove mushrooms from water, reserve liquid. Cut off & discard stems. Slice caps into 1/4" wide strips.
Heat oil in an 8" skillet. When hot, put in cabbage & mushrooms. Stir & fry for 1 minute, till cabbage wilts. Reduce heat to medium. Crumble tofu & it to the skillet. Add salt, soy sauce & mirin. Stir & fry for another 5 minutes.
Madhur Jaffrey, "World of the East Vegetarian Cookbook".
Yield: 4 servings