Green Bananas Stew with Tofu and Shitake Mushrooms

Ripened bananas are special to create many recipes. However, green bananas are almost as familiar to everyone who cooks, especially preparing Asian dishes. Green bananas have many uses, such as for medicinal, intoxication, and healing etc. However, delicious dishes with green bananas are not known to everyone. So what can we cook with green banana as the main ingredient? The main ingredients of this delicious dish with green bananas are tofu and mushroom. After being washed and prepared, the green bananas are soaked in lemon water to prevent darkening. The tofu can be bought ready fried or are easy to fry at home and cut into pieces that are not too small so as not to be crushed. This dish is for vegans, but it serves well for someone who wants to lose weight. 

Ingredients:

2 green bananas (plantains)

One 8 oz. tofu, cubed

2 oz. mushrooms (fresh shitake or your choice)

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 cup vegetable broth

1 tbs turmeric powder

2 tbs vegetable cooking oil

1/4 cup rice vinegar or tangerine juice

Salt, sugar, soy sauce, and vegetarian seasoning powder

Other ingredients:

Perilla and scallions

Rice or vermicelli optional

Directions:

Peel off the thin green skin on the outside of the bananas, soak in lemon water for 15 minutes to prevent darkening, then cut into bite-sized pieces.  Before cooking, pour into a basket to drain.

Heat a pot of water to boil and cook the bananas for 2 minutes, then drain.

Slice the ​​tofu and fry until golden brown.

In a heated deep pan, add vegetable oil until hot. Add the white part of the green onions and garlic cloves. Stirfry until fragrant about 1 minute. Stir in turmeric powder.

Add tofu, bananas, and mushrooms.

Add vegetable broth and bring boil. Season with salt, vegetable seasoning, soy sauce, and sugar to your liking. Cover the pot and cook for 15 minutes.

Add rice vinegar or tangerine juice. Adjust the seasoning to your liking.

Add perilla and scallions, finely chopped, then stir and let it boil again, and then turn off the heat.

Serve hot with rice or with vermicelli.