Let’s Make Vegetarian Desserts!
words by Cindy Peng
photo from PEXELS
photo from PEXELS
Are you worried that ready-made vegetarian foods might contain unhealthy ingredients?
Do you want to spend less time and money on your vegetarian diet?
Here are three vegetarian recipes provided by Yuan, who is not a professional chef but is good at making vegetarian dishes and innovating vegetarian recipes. These recipes are all easy, and you can make healthy and delicious vegetarian dishes without any difficulty!
Vegetarian Crystal Dumplings with Sago 素食水晶磚
Difficulty: Easy But Requires Patience! ★★★★☆
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Ingredients:
Sago: Two rice cups
Water: Two rice cups
Mushroom: 3-4 pieces
Vegetarian shredded meat: Half a rice cup
Vegetarian ham: 3-4 slices
Dried tofu: 3-4 pieces
Chopped ginger: To taste
Dried radish: Half a rice cup
Seasoning: Salt, soy sauce, and white pepper to taste
*one rice cup = 180ml
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Method:
Sweet Sago Soup with Taro 芋頭西米露
Difficulty: Very Easy!! ★★★☆☆
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Ingredients:
Sago: Half a rice cup
Taro: 120g
Sugar: To taste
Water: 300ml
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Method:
Rice and peanut milk with cashew nuts 腰果米漿
Difficulty: Couldn’t Be Easier!!! ★★☆☆☆
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Ingredients:
Short grain rice: Half a rice cup
Black sesame: As desired
Cashew nut: 1/4 rice cup
Water: 1500ml
Peanut sugar powder: One large rice cup
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Method:
Do you want to spend less time and money on your vegetarian diet?
Here are three vegetarian recipes provided by Yuan, who is not a professional chef but is good at making vegetarian dishes and innovating vegetarian recipes. These recipes are all easy, and you can make healthy and delicious vegetarian dishes without any difficulty!
Vegetarian Crystal Dumplings with Sago 素食水晶磚
Difficulty: Easy But Requires Patience! ★★★★☆
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Ingredients:
Sago: Two rice cups
Water: Two rice cups
Mushroom: 3-4 pieces
Vegetarian shredded meat: Half a rice cup
Vegetarian ham: 3-4 slices
Dried tofu: 3-4 pieces
Chopped ginger: To taste
Dried radish: Half a rice cup
Seasoning: Salt, soy sauce, and white pepper to taste
*one rice cup = 180ml
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Method:
- Mix sago and water together in a pot and leave overnight to soak.
- Dice the mushrooms, vegetarian shredded meat, vegetarian hams, and dried tofu.
- Add oil into the pot and pan-fry the diced dried tofu.
- Add mushrooms and chopped gingers and sauté until aromatic.
- Pan-fry the vegetarian shredded meat, vegetarian hams and dried radish and add salt, soy sauce, and white pepper to taste.
- Divide sagos into 15-20 parts. Knead each part of the sago into a small ball, make a small hole in the middle with your thumb or finger, and fill them with the pan-fried ingredients.
- Put and press into square molds.
- Steam for 15-20 minutes.
Sweet Sago Soup with Taro 芋頭西米露
Difficulty: Very Easy!! ★★★☆☆
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Ingredients:
Sago: Half a rice cup
Taro: 120g
Sugar: To taste
Water: 300ml
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Method:
- Dice or mash the taro, and put it into the inner pot of the steam cooker. Pour one cup of water in the outer pot of the steam cooker.
- After the lever is up, do not open; wait 10-15 minutes.
- Take out the taro from the steam cooker and add some sugar.
- Pour half cup of sago and 300ml water into another pot, and put it into the steam cooker. Pour half cup of water in the outer pot of the steam cooker.
- When the sago is finished, mix the taro and sago together, and add water, milk, soy milk or coconut milk, and sugar to taste.
Rice and peanut milk with cashew nuts 腰果米漿
Difficulty: Couldn’t Be Easier!!! ★★☆☆☆
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Ingredients:
Short grain rice: Half a rice cup
Black sesame: As desired
Cashew nut: 1/4 rice cup
Water: 1500ml
Peanut sugar powder: One large rice cup
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Method:
- Stir-fry the short grain rice, black sesame, and cashew nuts without oil in a pot.
- Pour 1500ml water into the pot until it boils, and then gently boil on low heat for 15 minutes.
- Add a large rice cup of peanut sugar powder.
- Pour the mixture into a juicer or blender to blend.
- Pour into a cup and enjoy it!