马兰头香干 Minced Tofu and Vegetables
Pinyin: mǎ lán tóu xiāng gān
A classic Shanghainese style dish. Tofu, and a green vegetable minced together, throw in a bit of sesame oil, and presto, a pretty decent vegetarian dish is created.
Every time I've had this it's always been served cold, and is one of the first things out on the table. Also most of the time they serve it molded into some shape, either a cup or some fancy bowl.
It's quite a kick to actually watch somebody mince vegetables. I've often seen young chefs standing outside of a restaurant with a big plastic bowl full of vegetables and two butcher knifes just whacking away at the vegetables in the bowl. Seems to work better than a blender, lol.
Oh ya BTW, this is one of the few vegetables I haven't figured out the English name for. It's something that's native to Shanghai, but that's about everything I know about it.
Labels: Appetizer, Tofu, Vegetarian
3 Comments:
Maryland head Put - I think this is the name of the vegetable u are looking for.
By Nisa (from flickr), at 4:15 PM
Looks very nice , I have to sayI,m a meat eater but my girlfriend has opened me up to a healthy veggy diet lately and this dish looks really interesting.Thanks for stopping by my site.
By cooltopten, at 3:47 PM
Thanks Nisa, I've never heard of Maryland Head Put before, I imagine it's not so common in most of the USA.
By The Red Chef, at 3:24 PM
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