I present to you: cabbage roll

Mixed mushrooms and root vegetables

Okay, first of all I know it looks not as exciting as @carolynstahl mother in law's cabbage roll, but I am pretty sure carolynstahl would enjoyed it :). Btw this is the blog about the cabbage roll her mother in law made, highly recommend to checkout, very interesting and funny! https://steemit.com/vegan/@carolynstahl/vegan-mother-s-day-cabbage-rolls
Anyway this cabbage roll was suggested by Carolyn, she gave me the idea of putting a little Asian twist to it so I came up with this.

what's inside?

Osyter mushroom, shiitake mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, jicama, carrot, cabbage, onions and Spring onion

You may ask what's with all those mushrooms, well I strongly believe that mushrooms are the meat in the vegetarian world! It gives crazy umami fancy way of saying savoury taste to a dish. Apart from that, it has a really unique bouncy texture no other food can give.

how's it's done?

Sometimes it's always good to cut back on oil, so In order to make it taste good I decided to braised my vegetables and fungus. Firstly to breakdown the sugar in the vegetable, secondly to let the flavours compounds mingle around creating a much more complex flavour, lastly to cut down the use of oil.

Anyway what really makes it qualify as a Asian dish is its seasoning, I used soy sauce and some Chinese rice wine. I did not go crazy on the braising liquid because I want the flavour of the vegetable and fungus to standout. Cooking in a stronger flavour braising liquid will just overpower the main ingredients' flavour. At the very end of the braising, I strained the vegetable and mushrooms reserving the flavourful braising liquid to make the soon to be sauce for the cabbage roll. I simple thicken it with corn starch and we have a sweet, salty, mushroomy soy sauce.

I also put the cabbage with the braising vege and mushroom close to the end of the cooking process to make it more pliable. Wrap the fillings with the cabbage and spoon the sauce over and we are good to go

walla, final product

That all I have for now! Thanks all!
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