Servings: 10
Okara sauteed with Vegetables - 卯の花
Unohana is a classic Japanese side dish made from sautéed okara (tofu fibre) and various vegetables like carrots and mushrooms! It's healthy and delicious!
Ingredients
- 150 g fresh okara
- 1/2 a medium onion
- 4 dried shiitake mushrooms or 15g
- 1/2 a small carrot
- 100 g konyaku
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 200 ml of the water used to soak the dried shiitake mushrooms
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 Green shallots
Instructions
- Soak the dried shiitake mushrooms with 200 ml of water in a fridge for 8-10 hours. (Soak the mushrooms night before) *1
- Squeeze the liquid out of each mushroom, cut the stem of the mushroom and discard them.
- Finely slice the mushrooms, onion, carrot, konnyaku, and shallots.
- Combine sugar, soy sauce, and mirin with the water the mushrooms soaked overnight and set aside.
- Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and cook the onion until it's translucent.
- Add the other chopped vegetables (besides the shallots) and cook along with the onion.
- Add the okara and cook until it becomes crumbly.
- Pour the mixture of seasonings and mushroom soaked water into the frying pan.
- Keep stirring everything together over low heat until the liquid evaporates.
- Add the shallots and cook slightly then turn off the heat.
- Serve in a bowl as a side dish! or when it is cooled down keep them in airtight container in refrigerator or freezer.
Notes
*1 soaking dried mushrooms is not included in prep/cooking time
Nutrition
Calories: 48kcal, Carbohydrates: 7g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 1g, Saturated Fat: 0g, Cholesterol: 0mg, Sodium: 318mg, Potassium: 67mg, Fiber: 0g, Sugar: 4g, Vitamin A: 510IU, Vitamin C: 0.6mg, Calcium: 15mg, Iron: 0.3mg