What do we eat today? This question is usually in my mind when I get up and even prepare for today’s meals. We should have a few changes with a vegan recipe, not meat or fish. Therefore, I share with you a new vegan food in this post. Not only vegans, vegetarians but also non-vegans/non-vegetarians, who can cook and serve this dish for your meals. That is Tofu wrapped in Guise Leaves, a recipe that is so simple, inexpensive and fast to cook.

Guise leaves called “La lot” in Vietnamese language have many health benefits and a special flavor from a type of perennial herb.

In addition, the ingredients also include Tofu, a more and more popular product than ever, which is very necessary to provide a rich nutrition for vegans/vegetarians.

With this food, you feel like being tasty, flavored in spite of a vegan recipe. You can serve for your main meals or vegans’ BBQ party, even non-vegans’ party. How to cook Tofu wrapped in Guise Leaves?

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Category: How to Cook
Method: Frying
Cuisine: Vietnamese Food

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Contents

1 Ingredients
2 Instructions
3 Step 1 – Prepare the spice mixture
4 Step 2 – Prepare Tofu slices
5 Step 3 – Wrap Tofu in Guise Leaves
6 Step 4 – Fry Tofu slices
7 Step 5 – Serve a delicious dish

Ingredients

2 small blocks of Tofu
Guise leaves (as desired)
1 lemongrass stalk
2 tbsp sesame
Soy sauce
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp seasoning
½ tsp MSG
Cooking oil

Instructions

Step 1 – Prepare the spice mixture

Step 1

Chop lemongrass to finely grind with sesame in mortar and pestle. Seasoning, MSG and pepper are seasoned in the mixture. Place this mixture in a bowl.

Step 2 – Prepare Tofu slices

Step 2

Cut tofu into 6 slices each to make nice rolls.
Add the spice mixture into the middle of tofu slices slit by a small knife.

Step 3 – Wrap Tofu in Guise Leaves

Step 3

Hold the leaf on hand to roll, place a tofu slice on a shiny greener side and stem pointing out. You roll over and stop at the stem, which is removed.
You fix tofu in leaf by using a toothpick to pin the roll at the middle (how to pin, it depends on your method to keep nice rolls while frying).

Step 4 – Fry Tofu slices

Step 4

Pour 2 tbsp cooking oil into a frying pan preheated over medium-high heat.
Put all tofu slices in the pan and fry until the guise leaves are golden and fragrant.

Step 5 – Serve a delicious dish

Step 5

With the fragrances of guise leaves and lemongrass and the fat sesame in combination, don’t miss soy sauce (or chili sauce more), it makes a perfect food for vegans, vegetarians and even non-vegetarians who would like to vary the recipes made from guise leaves with tofu instead of meat.

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