BUDDHA'S DELIGHT (LO HON JAI)
Buddha's Delight (Lo Hon Jai) is a traditional Chinese vegetarian dish often enjoyed during Buddhist celebrations and Lunar New Year. It features an assortment of stir-fried or braised vegetables, tofu, and sometimes bean curd skin, mushrooms, and glass noodles. The dish emphasizes harmony, balance, and simplicity, embodying Buddhist principles of vegetarianism and mindfulness. It's light, healthy, and flavorful, appealing to a wide range of tastes.
Ingredients
- 3 small bok choy separated, and leaves halved
- ½ bunch vermicelli soaked for five minutes
- 6 shiitake mushrooms sliced thinly
- 4 oyster mushrooms sliced thinly
- 10 enoki mushrooms
- 5 tofu balls halved
- 8 dried wood ear mushrooms presoaked in hot water
- 12 snow peas cut into halves
- 4 baby corn sliced lengthways
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tbsp grated fresh ginger
- 2 tbsp miso paste
- 1 tsp cornflour dissolved in cold water
- 1 cup veggie stock
Instructions
- In a large pot, bring a small amount of the stock to boil and then blanch the bok choy just enough to soften but not to make them shrivel up, transfer out and set aside.
- Use the stock to fry the garlic and ginger. Next, add all the mushrooms and fry for 1 min until almost soft.
- Add the remaining stock with the tofu and vermicelli, and simmer for one minute.
- Place in the bok choy, snow peas and corn, then pour through the dissolved cornflour and allow the liquid to thicken.
- Serve hot.
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