At the moment of advocating healthy eating, the vegetarian lifestyle is gradually gaining popularity. How to cook delicious and nutritious vegetarian dishes while eliminating meat has become a concern for many vegetarians.
Here are 5 vegetarian recipes that do not need to add MSG, but can retain the original freshness of the ingredients, rich in nutrients, and add rich color to the vegetarian table.
1. Braised tofu with vegetables in the countryside
[Ingredients]: 1 piece of soft tofu, appropriate amount of carrots, sweet beans, corn kernels, red pepper, a little ginger, garlic, and two chives.
【Method】:
1. Cut the tofu into cubes, blanch with boiling water to remove the smell, cut the carrots and red peppers into cubes, remove the tendons from the sweet beans, wash the corn kernels and set aside.
2. Heat the pan with cold oil, stir-fry the ginger and garlic until fragrant, add diced carrots and stir-fry until slightly yellow, then add sweet beans, corn kernels and diced red pepper and stir-fry evenly.
3. Pour in the tofu cubes, stir gently, add an appropriate amount of water, cover the pot, and simmer over medium-low heat for 5 minutes to allow the tofu to fully absorb the umami of the vegetables.
4. Wait for the soup to be slightly reduced, sprinkle with chopped green onions, add an appropriate amount of salt and pepper, and drizzle a few drops of sesame oil.
2. Lemon-flavored roasted eggplant
[Ingredients]: 1 long eggplant, half a lemon, olive oil, minced garlic, rosemary, and sea salt.
【Method】:
1. Wash the eggplant, cut it lengthwise but not cut it, and use a knife to make a few cuts on the eggplant meat to make it easier to absorb the flavor.
2. Squeeze the lemon juice, mix with olive oil, minced garlic, rosemary and sea salt to make a marinade, spread evenly on the inside of the eggplant and marinate for 15 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 200°C, put the eggplant in a baking tray and bake for about 25 minutes, until the eggplant is soft and ripe, and the surface is slightly charred and fragrant. Once baked, squeeze the remaining lemon juice and garnish with a dash of rosemary leaves, and enjoy.
3. Mix lettuce shreds with sesame sauce
[Ingredients]: 1 lettuce, sesame paste, light soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, chili oil, a little cooked white sesame seeds.
【Method】:
1. Peel and shred the lettuce, blanch in boiling water for 1 minute, then remove the cool water and drain.
2. Prepare the sauce: Add a small amount of warm water to the sesame paste, then add light soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, and chili oil and stir well.
3. Mix the shredded lettuce with the sauce and mix well, sprinkle with cooked white sesame seeds, refrigerate for half an hour and eat, the taste is better.
4. Pan-fried mushrooms with green bean puree
[Ingredients]: 8 mushrooms, 100 grams of green beans, 2 cloves of garlic, olive oil, salt, and black pepper.
【Method】:
1. Wash the mushrooms and cut off the stems, mash the green beans after cooking, and chop the garlic into minced garlic.
2. Heat the pan with cold oil, stir-fry the minced garlic until fragrant, put the mushrooms in the mouth, fry slowly over low heat until slightly yellow on both sides, sprinkle with salt and black pepper to taste.
3. In a separate pot, heat the green bean puree, add an appropriate amount of salt, keep it delicate and smooth, and use it as a sauce for mushrooms.
5. Purple sweet potato, yam and red date porridge
[Ingredients]: 1 purple potato, half an iron stick yam, 6 red dates, appropriate amount of glutinous rice and rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
【Method】:
1. Peel and cut purple potatoes and yams, wash and pit red dates, and wash glutinous rice and rice.
2. Put all the ingredients into the rice cooker, add an appropriate amount of water, select the "Porridge" mode, and cook until soft and glutinous.
3. After the porridge is cooked, add rock sugar and stir until dissolved, let it dry for a while and enjoy.
These 5 vegetarian dishes do not rely on MSG to enhance the freshness, but skillfully use the taste of the ingredients themselves and natural seasonings to cook excellent and fragrant dishes. It not only satisfies the pursuit of vegetarians for food, but also ensures balanced nutrition, making it an excellent choice for vegetarian tables.