Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, shira-ae (mashed tofu with spinach and konnyaku). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Shira-ae (Mashed Tofu with Spinach and Konnyaku) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Shira-ae (Mashed Tofu with Spinach and Konnyaku) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
Tofu in Shira-ae is seasoned with sesame and soy sauce flavor, and it is a great side dish. Vegetable used in Shira-ae is usually sliced carrots, spinach, Konnyaku (a firm jelly-like food made from konnyaku potatoes), green beans, and sometimes persimmons. Vegetables are cooked and seasoned before mixing with Tofu.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook shira-ae (mashed tofu with spinach and konnyaku) using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Shira-ae (Mashed Tofu with Spinach and Konnyaku):
- Prepare 1 bunch Spinach
- Take 1/2 Carrot
- Get 1/2 Konnyaku
- Make ready 1 bag Enoki mushrooms
- Take 50 ml * Mentsuyu (2x concentrate)
- Make ready 50 ml * Water
- Make ready The tofu mixture:
- Make ready 1 + Firm tofu
- Make ready 1 tbsp + Miso
- Prepare 1 tbsp + Sesame paste
- Get 1 tbsp + Raw cane sugar
- Make ready 2 tsp + Honey
- Prepare 2 pinch + Salt
- Prepare 2 tbsp or (to taste) + Ground sesame seeds
The most common 'Shira-ae' is probably Spinach 'Shira-ae', but a variety of Vegetables, Mushrooms and Konnyaku (Konjac) are used for this dish. I used Rockets because I have a lot of them in my veggie garden. Please use Spinach if you prefer. Shira ae Mashed Tofu Salad What is Shira Ae?
Instructions to make Shira-ae (Mashed Tofu with Spinach and Konnyaku):
- Blanch the spinach in plenty of boiling water until wilted, then drain and rinse in cold water to get rid of the bitterness. Drain the excess moisture from the tofu very well.
- Cut the vegetables and konnyaku into bite size pieces and simmer in the combined * ingredients for about 3 minutes. Let cool in the cooking liquid to flavor the ingredients.
- Put the tofu mixture ingredients into the food processor and pulse.
- When it's smooth, it's done.
- Cut up the cooked and tightly drained spinach from Step 1 into bite-sized lengths, drain the vegetables and konnyaku from Step 2 very well, and mix together with the tofu mix.
- Taste, and if it needs more flavor, adjust by adding some of the remaining cooking liquid or adding sugar (I've kept the flavor light to let the the taste of the tofu shine through).
- Arrange in a bowl, sprinkle with ground sesame seeds, and it's done.
Shira ae is a traditional Japanese side dish just like Goma ae. I have explained the meaning of "ae" in the previous Goma ae post. Ae is from the verb Aeru which means to dress vegetables, salad, etc. Traditionally, vegetables are usually sliced carrots, spinach, Konnyaku, green beans, and sometimes persimmons and these are cooked and seasoned to give the "salad" a stronger flavour before mixing with tofu dressing. Aloha Tofu Konnyaku (Japanese jelly-like health food made from the konnyaku potatoes), thinly sliced.
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