Stir Fried Tofu with Chinese Mustard (Gai Choy) - Meatless Recipe

Mustard greens are most often stir-fried or pickled and there's where our salted veggies (ham choy/kiam chai) come from! Our asam gai choy or kiam chai boey is often made with leftovers from a large meal especially during Chinese New Year. It involves stewing mustard greens with tamarind, dried chilies and leftover meals. Sometimes we would do it with fresh meats instead of the leftover meals. It is very yummy.....

I love gai choy and so do my family members. Besides kiam chai boey, I would boil soup with it or just a simple stir fry. We also love gai choy rice or porridge! Here is a simple stir-fry gai choy with fried tofu. Hope you like it.

Ingredients :- 
- 2 leaves of mustard greens (washed and sliced)
- 6 pcs of hard tofu (cut and deep fried. Set aside)
- some shredded carrot
- 1 thumbsized ginger (washed and crushed)
- garlic (washed and finely chopped)

Seasonings : (to taste)
- soy sauce
- salt

cooking oil

Method :
1) Heat oil in a wok. Saute garlic and ginger until aromatic.

2) Stir fry gai choy and shredded carrots.

3) Add fried tofu and stir for a while.

4) Add seasonings. Stir fry and mix well. If too dry, add some water.

5) Dish out and serve.

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Stir Fried Bitter Gourd with Meat

Bitter gourd (melon) might turn some people away from it due to its bitterness. However, it can really sweeten your health because of its disease preventing and health promoting phyto chemical compounds.

Bitter gourd is very low in calories but rich in nutrients. It is an excellent source of vitamins B1, B2, and B3, C, magnesium, folic acid, zinc, phosphorus and manganese. Besides, it is high in fiber too. Bitter melon is recommended as insulin replacement in some diabetic patients.

My children did not like bitter gourd when they were kids but I insisted that they gave it a try whenever I cooked it. Now they like it very much! :)

The other day I was quite busy and didn't have time to cook. So, my hubby packed 2 meat dishes from the restaurant nearby and I just fried a simple veggie dish. One of the dishes he packed was sweet sour pork. My goodness, we didn't finish this dish as it was too salty for us. So, the next day I cooked it with bitter gourd and well, not bad leh.... We love it so much.
Ingredients :

- 1 bitter gourd (washed, de-seeded and sliced)

- 1/2 bowl of deep fried pork belly

- ginger (washed and crushed)

- garlic (washed and finely chopped)

- 1/2 tbsp of taucu (bean paste)

- soy sauce (to taste)

- salt (to taste)

- 1 cup water

cooking oil

Method :

1)  Heat oil in a wok. Saute garlic and ginger until aromatic.

2)  Add bitter gourd and stir fry for 1 or 2 minutes

3)  Add deep fried meat and the remaining ingredients.  

4)  Stir and mix well and add water.

5)  Cover and let it simmer until bitter gourd is soft and cooked.

6)  Dish out and serve.

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Stir Fried Cauliflower with Minced Meat

This is a simple dish and easy to prepare too.  You can mix any ingredients you like such as minced meat, prawns or even both.  

Ingredients : (no exact measurement)

- Cauliflower (washed, cut and blanched)

- Green peas (washed  and cut)

- Baby corns (washed and cut) I did not have baby corns for this time cos' I cooked whatever is available in the fridge.

- Carrot (washed and sliced)

- Minced meat

-Small shrimps 

- garlic and small onions (washed and chopped)

Seasonings :

- abalone sauce (or oyster sauce, optional)

- soy sauce

- salt

cooking oil

Method :

1)  Heat some oil in a wok and saute garlic and onion until aromatic.

2)  Add minced meat and shrimps.  Stir.

3)  Stir in the remaining ingredients and keep stirring. 

4)  Season with seasonings.

5)  Dish out and serve.

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