Steps to Prepare Ultimate Shira-ae Mashed Tofu

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, shira-ae mashed tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Shira-ae Mashed Tofu is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Shira-ae Mashed Tofu is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

Shira-ae is a vegetable side dish mixed with mashed Tofu. It is a little different from regular salad since there is no dressing like oil and vinegar. Shira-ae is served chilled, so in a sense it's like salad. Shira-ae is hard to get in ordinary Japanese restaurants in the US, but this is a kind of food we grow.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have shira-ae mashed tofu using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Shira-ae Mashed Tofu:

1. Get 1 bunch Spinach
2. Make ready 1/3 of a carrot Carrot
3. Get 1/3 of a piece Konnyaku
4. Make ready 1/2 block Tofu
5. Take 2 to 3 tablespoons White sesame seeds
6. Prepare 1 to 2 tablespoons Sugar
7. Prepare 1 dash Soy sauce
8. Take 1 Salt

Puree in a food processor until smooth, then transfer to a bowl and set aside. Shira-ae is not a fancy dish, and it involves a little bit, but worth trying. It's one of the Shojin Ryori of Buddhist temple. You can use other vegetables you have on your hand, like spinach, edamame or mushrooms.

Instructions to make Shira-ae Mashed Tofu:

1. Slice the tofu thinly and place. Position the plate at a slant for about 1 hour to drain off the excess water, then wrap in a kitchen towel or paper towels and squeeze lightly. If you can, pass it through a sieve.
2. Slice the tofu into strips and boil.
3. Finely julienne the carrot and boil.
4. Blanch the spinach, refresh in cold water and drain, then squeeze out well to remove the water. Drizzle with a little soy sauce - not listed in the ingredients, leave for 10 minutes then squeeze out again.
5. Cut the spinach, carrots and konnyaku into easy to eat pieces. It's best to cut the carrot and konnyaku to the same length.
6. Roast the sesame seeds in a dry frying pan, and grind in a suribachi grinding bowl until the seeds are crushed smoothly.
7. Add sugar and tofu to the sesame seeds and grind up well.
8. When the mixture is smooth, season with soy sauce and salt.
9. Mix in the vegetables just before eating, and it's done.

It's one of the Shojin Ryori of Buddhist temple. You can use other vegetables you have on your hand, like spinach, edamame or mushrooms. Give it a try and let me know how you like it! TRADITIONAL JAPANESE RECIPE: Shira-ae is a vegetable side dish mixed with mashed Tofu. It is a little different from regular salad since there is no Shira-ae is served chilled, so in a sense it's like salad.

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