The Happy Home Cook: Vegan Tinola

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Vegan Tinola (Photo by Astig Vegan)

Vegan Tinola (Photo by Astig Vegan)

First posted in: http://www.astigvegan.com/vegan-tinola/

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons canola oil

  • 5 garlic cloves, peeled, crushed, and minced

  • 1 yellow onion, peeled and chopped

  • 1 2-inch ginger, peeled and thinly sliced

  • ½ small young papaya peeled, deseeded, and cut into wedges and/or

  • 1 small chayote/sayote, peeled and cut into wedges

  • few pinches sea salt

  • 2½ pieces vegetable bouillon or 2 cups vegetable broth

  • 2 cups rice washing

  • 4 cups water

  • 1 cup button white mushrooms sliced, and/or

  • 1 extra firm tofu, cubed

Instructions

  1. Heat pot over medium heat and sauté garlic, onion, and ginger with oil until fragrant

  2. Add sayote, young papaya, rice washing, water, salt, and vegetable broth. Simmer until papaya and Mix in mushrooms and tofu. Simmer for 5-10 minutes

  3. If needed, add more vegetable broth or rice washing to adjust seasoning.

  4. Add spinach and bring to a boil.

  5. Turn off heat and serve hot, preferably with rice on the side.

Notes:

The key component is the garlic-onion-ginger combo with rice washing and vegetable broth. You can add other vegetables like bok choy, kale, etc. You may veganize it however you like just don't forget the base flavor!

What is rice washing? It's the water you use to wash the rice in. The first rinse is ideal and will impart a nice rice flavor in Tinola. To get rice washing, wash about a cup of rice with water, mix around, then separate the liquid from the rice. Use the wash in the Tinola recipe. To use wet rice, add more water and cook the rice per rice cooker's instructions.

Chef Richgail Enriquez

Chef Richgail Enriquez

RG Enriquez at astigvegan.com discovers ways to show that Filipino food can be vegan, healthy, and delicious without losing its soul. Born and raised in the Philippines, RG veganizes the Filipino food of her childhood. She has appeared on the television show, "Adobo Nation" and given demonstrations and talks at "Savor Filipino", "Taste of South Lake”, “Barrio Fiesta”, Pitzer College, and Cal-State East Bay.

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