Buddha's Delight

Buddha's Delight is a dish that is traditionally made for Chinese New Year. It is typically made with 18 ingredients. This is a slightly tweaked version but tastes great. I tried another version when I could not get all the ingredients.

Preparation Time : 20 minutes
Cooking Time : 30 minutes
Serves :6

Ingredients

Gingelly Oil / Nallennai - 2 tsp
Sugar - 1 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
White Pepper Powder - 1/4 tsp
Shitake Mushrooms / Button Mushrooms - 8 large / 12 - 15

Plain Noodles- 1/4 cup
Oil - 1 1/2 tbsp

Spring Onions - 3, cut into 1 " Pieces, both the stem and the onions

Garlic - 2 cloves , minced

Ginger - 1 tsp, freshly grated

Carrot - 1 medium, sliced thinly

Water Chestnuts(canned) - 1/2 cup, sliced

Bambooshoots (Canned) - 1/2 cup, julienned

Baby Corn - 1/4 cup

Peas - 100 gm

Cabbage - 1/4 cup julienned

Tofu - 100 gm cut into cubes

Soy Sauce - 2 tbsp

Vegetable Stock - 2/3 cup

Procedure

1. In small bowl, mix water, sugar, soy sauce, cornflour, vinegar to a saucy consistency and set aside.

2. Soak and wash mushrooms, Cut off the stems and chop the caps into cubes / slices.  

3. Cook noodles till al dente.

4. In a wok or a deep pan, heat oil over high heat. Add the mushrooms, spring onions, garlic and ginger and stir-fry for a minute. 

5. Add the carrot, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, baby corn, snow peas and cabbage and stir-fry for 2 minutes.

6. Add the sauce, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Gently stir in the noodles and tofu until well coated. 

7. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook until most of the sauce is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Serve immediately.