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!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 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
- 1
Soak the dried shiitake mushrooms with 200 ml of water in a fridge for 8-10 hours. (Soak the mushrooms night before) *1
- 2
Squeeze the liquid out of each mushroom, cut the stem of the mushroom and discard them.
- 3
Finely slice the mushrooms, onion, carrot, konnyaku, and shallots.
- 4
Combine sugar, soy sauce, and mirin with the water the mushrooms soaked overnight and set aside.
- 5
Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and cook the onion until it's translucent.
- 6
Add the other chopped vegetables (besides the shallots) and cook along with the onion.
- 7
Add the okara and cook until it becomes crumbly.
- 8
Pour the mixture of seasonings and mushroom soaked water into the frying pan.
- 9
Keep stirring everything together over low heat until the liquid evaporates.
- 10
Add the shallots and cook slightly then turn off the heat.
- 11
Serve in a bowl as a side dish! or when it is cooled down keep them in airtight container in refrigerator or freezer.