Pipa Tofu

Name: Pipa Tofu (Pi Pa Dou Fu 琵琶豆腐)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ⅛ tsp dark soy sauce; Salt; Ground white pepper; 250 ml stock or mushroom soaking water; At least 400 ml cooking oil, for deep-frying; A few slices of peeled ginger; 2 dried shiitake mushrooms; 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine; 1 spring onion; A few slices of carrot, for colour; 1 tsp sesame oil; 1 dried shiitake mushroom; 1 tbsp light or tamari soy sauce; A few slices of fresh red chilli; 250 g plain white tofu; 2 tbsp very finely chopped carrot (about 50 g); 1 tbsp finely chopped coriander; 1 tsp potato flour mixed with 1 tbsp cold water; 1 large egg white; 3 tbsp potato flour

Pi Pa Dou Fu 琵琶豆腐

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Every Grain of Rice

By Fuchsia Dunlop

Published 2012

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