BRAISED TOFU PUFFS WITH DONG QUAI

Simple, homey dish that is nutritious and healthy for the family.  This dish is easy to prepare but tastes good with just a good quality soy sauce seasoning.  Extra flavours with the used of Dong Quai and wolfberries.

The flavourful sauce definitely goes well with steaming hot rice.

Ingredients

[serves 2]

1-2 tbsp minced meat

100 gm tofu puffs - cut into halves

a few florets of soaked black fungus

2 slices Dong Quai

1 tbsp wolfberries [kei chee]

a handful of garlic - peeled and keep whole

1-2 slices ginger

Seasoning

2 tbsp light soy sauce

1 tbsp cooking wine

1 tsp sesame seed oil

1. Saute ginger and garlic with some oil until fragrant.
2. Add in minced meat, fry until meat turns white.
3. Add in Dong Quai, black fungus and tofu puffs.  Give it a good stir to mix well.
4. Add in seasoning, stir to mix before adding some water.  Bring to boil until tofu puffs are soft and gravy reduced to slightly thick.
5. Add in wolfberries, drizzle in sesame seed oil. Mix well.
6. Dish up to serve.