Simply Cooking: Daikon with Five Spice Bean curd and Gluten

According to Chinese medicine, if you have acne on your cheeks on forehead, it is advisable to eat "cooling" foods such as bitter melon, winter melon and of course, radish. Daikon has a notorious reputation in Chinese medicine. My mom always advise us to refrain from eating too much of radish. Say, if you're taking ginseng powder, an invigorating herb, in the morning and you take radish in the afternoon, you are literally negating the effects of the ginseng powder.

These days, I've been eating more radish. Partly, is due to my skin. Another reason? I find radish very irresistible. Some people hate it because it has a very "greenish" smell. However, if you stick with this recipe, you will cook it again and again! TRUST ME. ;)

Recipe: Daikon radish, five spice Beancurd and gluten (Serves 3)

Ingredients:

A:
-50ml of water
-1 tablespoon of chicken bouillon powder
-1 tablespoon of LKK premium oyster sauce
-1 dash of Chinese rice wine

B:
-4 pieces of gluten (round), soaked in warm water for 30 minutes, drain from water
-1 packet of five spice beancurd, cut into 1 cm by 1cm cubes
-5 piece of dried shitake mushroom and 2 pieces of dried cloud ear fungus, soaked in hot water for 2 hours, drain from water. Cut fungus into tiny bits after soaking.
-1 large daikon radish, skin peeled, cut into 2 cm lengths

C:
-A pinch of pepper

Instructions:

1. In a medium sized pot, add in ingredients A. Bring to boil
2. Add in ingredients B. Let it cook on medium-low heat for 20 minutes
3. Finish off with a pinch of pepper. Serve with rice


Easy no? To make it even easier, you can skip the beancurd, shitake mushrooms, and cloud ear fungus. :)