NYONYA MIXED VEGETABLES [CHAR CHAP CHYE]

This is a dish with many ingredients but it is not difficult to prepare. You can simply mix and match the ingredients according to own preference, that is a little of this or more of the other ingredients. It is still okay and tastes good.

In some families, this is a must have dish during Chinese New Year when they observe vegetarian diet on the first day of the lunar year.

Ingredients

[serves 3-4]

3 dried mushrooms – soaked and cut thick strips

30 dried lilybuds [kim chiam] – soaked, knotted and hard tip trimmed 

10 gm cloud ear fungus [bok nee]– soaked

3 strips fu chook [dried beancurd stick] – soaked and cut ½ inch lengths

Some glass noodles – soaked

2 leaves cabbage leaves – cut ½ inch thick strips

1 tbsp chopped garlic

1 – 1 ½ tbsp taucheong [mashed preserved soy bean paste]

3 tbsp oil and ½ tsp sesame seed oil

Seasoning [combined]

Dash of msg, pepper and salt

1 tbsp light soy sauce

180 ml water

1. Prepare ingredients as stated above.
2. Heat oil in wok and sauté garlic and taucheong until fragrant.
3. Add in mushrooms, lilybuds, bok nee and fu chook. Fry well to combine.
4. Add in cabbage and seasoning. Stir to mix and add in water.
5. Bring to boil and simmer until cabbage is tender. Add in glass noodles and cooked until gravy is reduced.
6. Dish up to serve.
   
   
   
   
   
   

This post is linked to Cook and Celebrate: Chinese New Year 2016 hosted by Yen from GoodyFoodies, Diana from The Domestic Goddess Wannabe

and Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids