Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’
Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, monk’s vegan soup ‘kenchin-jiru’. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

This soup is called 'Kenchin-jiru' in Japan. It is originally a Buddhist dish and vegan. Vegetable base stock, such as Shiitake Mushroom OR Kombu (Kelp), is used for this soup.

Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’ is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’ is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have monk’s vegan soup ‘kenchin-jiru’ using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’:
  1. Get 1-2 teaspoons Sesame Oil
  2. Get 1/2 Carrot
  3. Make ready 5 cm Daikon (White Radish)
  4. Get 4-5 Satoimo (small Taros) *OR 1 large Potato
  5. Take 10 cm Gobo (Burdock Root) *optional
  6. Prepare 1 pinch Salt
  7. Get 4 tablespoons Soy Sauce
  8. Prepare Ground Chilli OR finely ground White Pepper *optional
  9. Make ready 200 g Tofu *medium firm type such as ‘Momen’
  10. Prepare 1 sheet Abura-age (Fried Thin Tofu)
  11. Get 3 & 1/2 cups Water
  12. Make ready 1 Spring Onion *finely shopped
  13. Take 10 cm Kombu (Kelp)
  14. Prepare <Stock>
  15. Make ready 4-5 Dried Shiitake
  16. Take *Note: You can use 1 heaped teaspoon Dashi Powder instead

This savory vegan dashi is loaded with. Kenchinjiru is a flavorful vegan soup created originally as a Buddhist temple cuisine (精進料理) with root vegetables and What is Kenchinjiru? Japanese Vegetable Soup (Kenchinjiru) is quite filling but has very low calories. Japanese Vegetable Soup (Kenchinjiru) was originally a Buddhist dish that is vegetarian.

Steps to make Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’:
  1. Prepare the stock first. Place cold Water in a bowl, add cleaned Kombu (Kelp) and Dried Shiitake, and soak for at least 1-2 hours. Softened Shiitake can be cut into small pieces and added to the soup later.
  2. *Note: Do not add the softened Kombu to the soup. Kombu will get slimy and unpleasant flavour will come out. Use it for something else.
  3. Cut all Vegetables and Tofu into small pieces that are easy to eat. Finely cut Spring Onion for topping.
  4. Heat Sesame Oil in a large saucepan or pot, stir-fry Vegetables for a few minutes. Add 1 pinch Salt to season.
  5. Add 3 cups Kombu (Kelp) and Shiitake stock. (*Avoid the dirt and settlings.) Bring to the simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Season with Soy Sauce and cook until all vegetables are soft.
  6. *Note: I add 1 pinch Ground Chilli OR White Pepper for a hint of spiciness. This is totally untraditional, but I like it.
  7. When Vegetables are soft, add Abura-age (Fried Thin Tofu) and Tofu, and bring back to the boil. Then it’s done!
  8. Sprinkle with finely chopped Spring Onion and enjoy.

Root vegetables and tofu are sautéed and cooked in flavoured dashi broth. Enjoy this soothing soup inspired by an old recipe from a famous Japanese Buddhist temple. Kenchin jiru (けんちん汁, 巻繊汁 kenchinjiru), also spelled kenchin-jiru, and sometimes referred to simply as kenchin, is a Japanese vegetable soup prepared using root vegetables and tofu. It is a popular dish in Japan and is prepared in various manners using myriad ingredients. Since kenchinjiru is a shojin ryouri or temple cuisine dish, the basic version given here is vegan.

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