Vegan Recipes

Chinese Tofu and Seitan

This is a Chinese macrobiotic dish that uses tofu, seitan and miso - a paste made from soy, barley or rice. It is served with pasta. Most people think that pasta comes from Italy, where it is thought that the ancient Etruscans ate it as early as 400 BC. However, people have been eating noodle-like food in China since around 3,000 BC, and the ancient Greeks and Palestinians also ate versions of 'pasta'.

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Chow Mein Noodles

Chow mein is a generic Cantonese term for a dish of stir-fried noodles, of which there are many varieties. In this version, egg-free noodles are cooked and then fried with a colourful variety of vegetables to make this well-known and ever-popular dish.

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Spring Rolls

Spring rolls are a type of fried pastry. The roll wrappers are made from rice flour, salt and water and sometimes from tapioca flour. Their fillings can be vegetarian, but may also be made with tofu, meat or even seafood. Spring rolls can be found in several Asian countries, most notably China, Vietnam, Thailand (Por pia tord), the Philippines and Indonesia (both called Lumpia). Fried spring rolls are generally smaller and crispier. Non-fried spring rolls are typically larger and more savoury.

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Stir-fried Tofu in Ginger Sauce

'Stir fry' is an old cooking technique, most often using soy sauce and seen in Asian cooking. Tofu is rich in nutritional benefits such as B-vitamins, easily digestible proteins, isoflavones, and calcium. Zingiber officinal, or ginger, is a creeping perennial, indigenous to tropical areas such as Asia and Jamaica. Ginger is noted as having antioxidant properties and it is also used to prevent or stop nausea.

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