Cream of Mushroom Soup

Here is the Cream of Mushroom Soup requested by a pregnant woman and a mother of two (ladies, you know who you are.. ) This soup recipe is for approx. 8 servings.

Ingredients:
2 lbs of fresh mushroom diced finely ( I used button, crimini and portobello mushroom). Any kind of fresh mushroom will work.
1/2 cup diced yellow onion
Salt and Pepper to taste

For roux:
100 g of butter
8 tbs flour
4 cups whole milk or 2% milk
some water or vegetable stock

Directions:
1) Melted 100 g butter in a large sauce pan over medium heat. Saute the diced onion until they are soft then add in the mushroom. Contiue to saute the mushroom for about 5 minutes or until they are tender. Set the mushroom aside

2) Use the same sauce pan to make the roux. Melted the butter over medium heat, add in flour. Stir the mixture until they are well incorporated or no more raw flour taste.

3) Important step: Do not add hot water or hot milk into the roux. This will make the mixture very lumpy. Add small quantities of cold milk at a time to the roux while stiring. This will ensure smooth and creamy base.

4) Add mushroom into the creamy soup base. Add in salt and pepper to taste. Cook and stir until the soup is thickened (do not boiled the soup). If the soup is too thick, add in some water or vegetable stock. Reduce heat and let the soup simmer  (uncover) for 20 minutes.

5) Enjoy!!

Vegetarian Tofu Pancake

What can you do to turn a plain and tasteless tofu into a wonderful dish? Here is a simple and easy solution to make that tasteless white tofu into a delicious pancake.

The ingredients are simple and the dish is even simplier to make. It only take approximate 30 minutes to make this dish.

Here is how I made my tofu pancake:

Ingredients:
1 box (1 lb) of firm tofu (if you are from Malaysia buy the small square one from the wet market)
1/2 cup finely diced carrot
1/4 cup finely diced shiitake mushroom
2 table spoon diced green onion
1 table spoon sesame oil
1 table spoon soy sauce or to taste

white pepper to taste
1 cup bread crumbs or tempura batter mix

Directions:

1) Scrambled tofu in a big bowl.
2) Add in all the ingredients into the bowl except bread crumbs and mix well.
3) Add bread crumbs into the tofu mixture.
4) Take approx. 1/4 cup mixture and form into paty.
5) Pan fry the patties until they are golden brown on both sides.
6) Served it over rice.

You can eat this with any kind of sauce you would like, I like to eat my tofu pancakes with chili sauce.