STUFFED MUSHROOMS

I had plenty of dried mushrooms and had to find a way to make something more interesting ......... this was what i came up with. It is healthy and delicious !

I soaked the mushrooms and braise them for 2 hours over slow heat with some oyster sauce , garlic and water . Cool and then store them in the freezer. They are great for frying noodles, cooking with vegetables , cooking savoury rice etc.

For this dish I used :

30 pcs braised whole mushrooms - remove the stalks.

300 gm fish paste - you can buy the ready paste or mince them yourself. Add some salt to the fish paste.

80 gm frozen green peas, scalded quickly in hot water and drained.

Mix the green peas with the fish paste .

Fill the mushroom with the fish paste and smoothen it . When completed, steam them for 10 minutes till the fish paste is cooked.

You can serve them by themselves or with some vegetables to make it more interesting. I cooked a simple oyster sauce , and added brocolli .

For the sauce : Add 1 cup of water, let it boil, add oyster sauce (Alternative : Lea & Perrin sauce) to taste, add some black pepper.
(Add brocolli at this point ) Add 1 tbsp cornflour to 3 Tbsp water. When the sauce comes to rolling boil , add in the cornflour and stir. Remove from heat.
Note : do not keep boiling after adding the cornflour as the continuous boiling will break down the starch and the sauce will become watery again - some "technical" stuff!

There you are- wholesome food !