A New Recipe

 I have so many cookbooks, most of the time I just read through them, but I never get around to making anything! Kind of defeats the purpose of having the books, doesn't it?

Yesterday I was looking through a Japanese cookbook when I came across a recipe using bean sprouts, moyashi in Japanese. These are always cheap and rather filling, but I never know what to do with them. I asked Hannah to help me translate the recipe. I found that besides the bean sprouts, I had everything to hand to make it, so that was tonight's dinner.

Bean Sprouts and Cabbage in a Savoury Sauce with Fluffy Eggs

Ingredients

Bean Sprouts 2 bags

Cabbage, about the same amount as the bean sprouts, cut into strips

Mushrooms, just a few of any kind

For the sauce

Chinese Soup stock powder 4tsp

Sugar 3tbs (I used less, about 2 tbs as I thought it would be too sweet, good call as the taste was just right)

Ponzu 3tbsp (Mentsuyu can be used instead or citrus soy, 1tbsp of soy sauce and 1 tbsp of lemon juice)

Water 200 ml

Potatoe startch 1tbsp

For the Eggs

Eggs 4 large

Milk 1tbsp

Ingredients

I didn't use all the cabbage, it's massive!

Chop the cabbage and mushrooms, rinse the bean sprouts. Stir fry in a large frying pan. I used a wok.

Frying the vegetables

While the vegetables are cooking, prepare the sauce. Mix the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl.

Once the vegetables are cooked, add the sauce. Stir the sauce well before adding, as the starch tends to collect at the bottom of the bowl.

Mix the sauce and vegetables thoroughly and cook until the sauce is thickened. 

With the sauce

Transfer the vegetables onto a serving plate, add oil to the pan and scramble the eggs until they are firm but not dry.

Fluffy eggs

Pour the eggs over the vegetables, and serve with rice.

The finished dish.

This was very quick to make and easy.

I always taste things as I go along. This didn't need anything added, but if you like a saltier taste, then a bit more ponzu would work.

I also next time I'll use more eggs!

If you make this, let me know!

Hannah bought me another cookbook, in Japanese, using the microwave to cook the dishes. I think in the summer that will be a lot better than standing over a hot stove. Once I've tried a few recipes, I'll post them on here!