Delicious Vegan Tofu and Mushroom Dumplings: A Simple and Flavorful Twist for a Cold Day

Mushroom thinh only needs mushrooms, thinh can be bought outside the market, spices, lime leaves. The fragrance of thinh, the sweetness of mushrooms, and the slightly greasy taste of cooking oil, the fragrance of lime leaves, the spicy taste of rolled chili with mulberry leaves will create a delicious dish on a cold day. Mushrooms are good for health, instead of getting tired of stir-frying, you can try making nem-style dishes.

Ingredients:

Seafood mushrooms (or kim cham mushrooms) 1 pack

Ready-made or homemade thinh: 3 tablespoons

One chili pepper

Lime leaves: 5 leaves

Ginger, salt for soaking mushrooms

Mulberry leaves, sung leaves for serving

Preliminary processing of mushrooms:

Choosing fresh and delicious mushrooms is very important. When buying mushrooms, you should observe to avoid taking crushed or discolored mushroom bags. The mushrooms should be white, without dents or wet spots, without a feeling of being watered, light and fluffy mushrooms. Mushrooms without a strange black smell are fresh mushrooms.

Mushrooms are a group of plants but have a unpleasant smell if not processed. To treat the unpleasant smell of mushrooms, do as follows: After cutting off the mushroom roots, you rinse them with clean water and then soak the mushrooms in ginger salt water. Mix 1 liter of water with a teaspoon of salt and a few slices of ginger. Soak for about 15 minutes, then remove the mushrooms and rinse them again before squeezing out the water. Avoid soaking mushrooms in water for too long because soaking for too long will make the mushrooms smell more unpleasant due to being damp quickly.

Process the mushrooms:

Add cooking oil to the pan, sauté a little chopped green onions. Add the mushrooms and season with a little seasoning according to the taste of the family. Do not add sugar to stir-fry, just use soup powder, salt, and noodles to avoid burning and discoloring the mushrooms. Stir-fry the mushrooms until cooked, then take them out and tear them into strips. Kim cham mushrooms do not need to be torn. If the mushrooms are too watery, you can use a towel to squeeze out the water. Avoid frying the mushrooms dry because thorough frying will make the mushrooms tough.

Mix the nem:

When the mushrooms have cooled down, put them in a bowl. Add sugar and thinh, then mix and knead evenly to blend the thinh and sugar with the mushrooms. Crush some ginger or ginger paste to add fragrance. You should mix slowly to avoid the nem being too wet or too dry. The nem should have a layer of thinh sticking to it and be slightly moist when eating. If the nem sticks too much thinh, it will be powdery when eating. If the nem lacks thinh powder, it will not be rich and fragrant enough.

When mixing the seasoning, you can arrange it on a plate, add some sliced lime leaves and a few slices of chili.

Note: Some creative people mix lang leaves together with nem, which creates a very special and interesting flavor, you can try it.

If you make thinh at home, follow the following recipe: Thinh is made from rice and green beans. Prepare non-glutinous rice, sticky rice, and green beans in the ratio of 60/30/10. Rinse the above ingredients, soak and then drain the water, and roast them until golden and fragrant. Then put them in a blender and grind until smooth. After grinding, remember to strain it to remove large thinh seeds. If the thinh is large and not smooth, it will make the dish much less delicious. To make the thinh delicious, the ingredients should be soaked for at least 2 hours before roasting. But if you are in a hurry, you can rinse and roast them immediately.

Prepare nem dipping sauce: The recipe for making nem dipping sauce includes 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of lime juice, 1 tablespoon of filtered water (the amount of fish sauce depends on the different salty tastes, so you can adjust it). Put the mixture into a mixed bowl and stir until the sugar dissolves. If you heat the mixture on the stove, the dipping sauce will be thicker than not heating it.

When the mixture of fish sauce and water is evenly mixed, pour it into a bowl, then add chili and garlic. If you like salty food, you can use salty soy sauce and chili without garlic. If you are vegetarian, use vegetarian soy sauce and chili without garlic.

If you have sung leaves, mulberry leaves to roll the nem and eat, it will be more delicious.