Mu shui tofu Recipe

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Mu shui tofu

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Ingredients:

1/2	each	Block of tofu, frozen
		- thawed & cut into thin
		- strips
1	pack	Shitake mushrooms
1	tbsp	Grated fresh ginger
1	each	Carrot, grated
1	each	Green onion, sliced thin
6	each	Leaves Chinese cabbage
		- sliced thin
1	cup	Bean sprouts
1	cup	Another vegetable, julienne
		- sliced
1	tsp	Chinese Five Spice Powder
1/4	cup	Low sodium Tamari
1	tbsp	Sherry (optional)
2	tbsp	Cornstartch
		Chinese Plum Sauce
		Whole wheat chapati

Procedures:

1	Pour 2 cups boiling water over mushrooms and allow them to soak while slicing other vegetables.
2	Then drain mushrooms, cut off hard stems and discard.
3	Slice mushroom caps into thin strips.
4	In ?cup water, saut?ginger, carrot and any other long cooking optional vegetable for 5 min. add onions, cabbage, bean sprouts, mushrooms and any optional fast cooking vegetable.
5	Add the five spice, tamari, sherry and 1 t plum sauce.
6	Cook and stir for 5 min. more.
7	Add tofu strips.
8	Add cornstarch dissolved in 1/3 cup cold water.
9	Bring to a boil and stir until sauce thickens.
10	To stir, spread about ?tsp of plum sace down the center of a warm chapati.
11	Add some of the vegetable-tofu mixture and roll up the chapati.
12	Helpful hints: this vegetable-tofu mixture could also be served voer rice or other whole grains