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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
With its beautiful purple color and rich, delicious flavor that rivals savory dishes, stir-fried vegetarian purple cabbage is surely one of the perfect choices for vegetarian meals during the full moon or at the beginning of the month. Today, let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen and make this delicious and light vegetarian dish that’s unique and sure to please!
Ingredients for Stir-Fried Vegetarian Purple Cabbage Serves 4
Purple cabbage 200 gr White cabbage 200 gr Dried tofu skin 1 sheet Bell pepper 1 piece Chopped green onion 1 tablespoon Vegetarian fish sauce 2 tablespoons Vinegar 2 tablespoons Chili sauce 1 tablespoon Tomato sauce 2 tablespoons Cooking oil 4 tablespoons Common seasoning a little (sugar/ seasoning powder/ salt)
How to Choose Fresh Ingredients
- You should choose purple cabbage that feels firm to the touch, with tightly rolled leaves, small stems that are not cracked, and no brown discoloration.
- Choose heads with dark purple leaves, firm and crispy leaves, still fresh, with no yellow leaves and no brown spots.
- Do not choose heads that are bruised, have signs of sliminess, or have eaten leaves.
How to choose delicious fresh tofu skin
- Choose pieces of tofu skin that are off-white in color, have a mild fragrant smell characteristic of soybeans, and feel soft to the touch without being hard.
- It is advisable to buy tofu skin at reputable supermarkets and grocery stores to ensure the best quality.
- Avoid buying tofu skin pieces that are dark yellow, have an unpleasant sour smell, and feel slimy to the touch.
- Additionally, to ensure health safety, you can also make tofu skin at home following the recipe below shared by TasteVN.
How to prepare stir-fried purple cabbage
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Prepare the ingredients
For the cabbage, cut off the core and any yellow or worm-eaten leaves (if any). Then soak it in diluted saltwater for 5-10 minutes, rinse with cold water to clean, drain, and use a knife to slice it horizontally to a thickness of about 1/2 finger width.
Wash the tofu skin a few times with water to remove dust.
Heat a pan on the stove, add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil and heat it, then add the tofu skin to fry until golden. Next, use a knife to cut the tofu into bite-sized pieces about 1/2 finger width thick.
Wash the bell pepper, remove the stem, then cut it in half with a knife, remove the seeds, and slice it into strips.
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Prepare the stir-fry sauce
Put into a bowl 1 tablespoon of seasoning, 2 tablespoons of vegetarian fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 2 tablespoons of vinegar, 1 tablespoon of chili sauce, 2 tablespoons of ketchup, then stir well to combine the seasonings.
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Stir-fried vegetarian cabbage
Place a pan on the stove, add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil and heat it, then add 1 tablespoon of chopped shallots and sauté until fragrant.
When the shallots become aromatic, add the white cabbage and stir-fry over medium heat until the cabbage is just tender.
Next, add the purple cabbage and fried tofu skin into the pan and stir well for about 1 – 2 minutes, then pour in the prepared sauce.
Stir well for another 3 – 5 minutes until the ingredients are cooked and the flavors are well combined, then turn off the heat.
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Final product
With just a few quick and simple steps, you have a colorful plate of stir-fried purple cabbage that is visually appealing.
When eating, you can feel the natural crisp sweetness of the cabbage, the chewy texture of the fried tofu skin along with the rich flavor of the sauce, all blending together to create an incredibly delicious and attractive dish.
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The dish stir-fried purple cabbage is extremely delicious, light in flavor, and easy to make. Especially on days when you’re unsure what to eat while fasting, try cooking this dish; it will not disappoint you. Wishing you and your family a delicious meal!
