Buddhist Monk's Soup

Categories: Soups/stews | Vegetarian | Chinese

Serves: 8 Servings

Ingredients:

1 qt Water
1 lb Pumkin or butternut squash
- peeled & cut into
- large chunks
1 Sweet potato
- peeled & chunked
1/2 c Raw peanuts; shelled and
- skinned. Soaked 30 min,
- drained & roughly chopped
1/3 c Dried mung beans
- soaked 30 min and drained
3 tb Vegetable oil
1 Square of bean curd
1 qt Coconut milk
1/2 oz Cellophane noodles,
- soaked 20 min, drained
- & cut into 1 inch sections

Instructions:
~- Boil the water and drop in the pumpkin/squash, sweet potato, peanuts and
mung beans. Cook on medium heat for 35 min. While making the soup, prepare
the bean curd by heating the oil in a frying pan and cooking the curd until
light brown on both sides. Slice lengthwise into 1/4 inch strips and set
aside.

After the 35 min, check the mung beans for softness. If they're soft, add
the coconut milk and a touch of salt. Bring up to a boil and throw in the
cellophane noodles and fried bean curd.

Serve with rice and Buddhist Nuoc Leo.

From: timi@chloroplast.Berkeley.EDU ( Tim Ikeda)

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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