Vegetarian Bopis

Vegetarian Bopis. It’s been some time since the last time I cooked a vegetarian dish. Today I got a change to cook a special one. Incidentally one of today’s special at Woolworths Supermarket here in Australia is a vegetable soup pack which includes turnip, radish, carrot, potato, white onion and celery stalk which are all in the list of ingredients for a vegetarian bopis.

All that I needed now for the other ingredients are bell pepper, mushroom and firm tofu, the rest I could find it in my cupboard. Here is the recipe of my version of Vegetarian Bopis.

Ingredients:

1 large cake firm tofu

200 grams fresh button mushroom, diced into small pieces

1 medium size carrot, diced into small pieces

1 medium size radish, diced into small pieces

1 medium size turnip, diced into small pieces

1 medium size potato, diced into small pieces

2 stalks celery, diced into small pieces

1 small size red bell pepper, diced into small pieces

1 small size green bell pepper, diced into small pieces

1 large size white onion, diced into small pieces

2-3 cloves garlic, chopped

2 tsp. grated ginger

1/2 cup pickled relish

2-3 pieces red/green hot chili, sliced

1/2 cup white vinegar

1/2 to 3/4 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup tomato paste

3-4 pieces bay leaf

2-3 tbsp. dried parsley

1 tbsp. annatto powder

salt and pepper

vegetable oil

Cooking procedure:

Slice firm tofu to about 1/2” thick, in a frying pan heat generous amount of vegetable oil, fry each tofu until color change to golden brown and crisp on both sides. Drain excess oil, let cool and dice into small pieces, keep aside. In a large frying pan or wok heat 2 to 3 tbsps. of vegetable oil, add in garlic and ginger stir cook until fragrant. Add in the onion and hot chili stir cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Add in the dried parsley, potato, carrot, turnip and radish stir cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add in the bay leaf tomato sauce, soy sauce and annatto powder diluted in 1/4 cup of water. Stir cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add in the vinegar and 1 to 1 1/2 cups of water bring to a boil and let simmer for a minute. Now add in the pickled relish, celery, tofu and mushroom and continue to stir cook for 6 to 8 minutes or until the liquid has reduced. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add in the bell pepper and cook for another minute. Serve hot.

Check also my other Bopis Recipe:

Bopis, Kandingga