Vegetarian Tang Hoon (Glass Noodle) and Corn Mock Shark fin Soup

Tang hoon is a type of noodle that is very suitable to be used as a vegetarian replacement for shark fin. You must soak tang hoon(glass noodle) in room temperature until it become soft before using it. For some natural sweetness I use corn and carrots to make the stock.
This soup taste good with a dash of Chinese Dark Vinegar.

Ingredients
Water, 3 bowls
Corn, ½ cup
Carrot, 1 pc, cut into small cubes
Vegetarian Oyster sauce (optional), 1 tablespoon
Egg (optional), 1 pc
Light Soya Sauce, 2 tablespoons
Dark soya sauce, ½ teaspoons
Chinese Cooking Wine (Shao Shing Chiew) (optional), 1 tablespoon
Black vinegar, 1 tablespoon
Pepper, ½ teaspoon
Salt to taste
Tang Hoon (Glass Noodle), 1 small bunch, soaks in room temperature water to soften.
Corn flour and water mixture

Put water in a pot and bring to a boil. Add corn and carrot. Let it boil for around 15 minutes. Put in the vegetarian oyster sauce, light soya sauce, dark soya sauce, Chinese cooking wine, black vinegar, salt to taste and tang hoon. Thicken the soup with the corn flour and water mixture. Beat the egg slightly and pour into the soup while stirring it to create strands of cooked egg.
Garnish with spring onions and serve. Taste good if eaten with a little Chinese Black vinegar.

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Vegetarian Emperor Shark fin Soup with Pumpkin

Mock vegetarian shark fin soup is available in the frozen section in most hypermarkets these days. I bought a packet of vegetarian frozen shark fin from Tesco during the Chinese New Year Festival and tried to cook it with pumpkin.
Here is the recipe

Soup Base
10 Bowls of water
Soya Beans, ½ bowl
Sweet Corn, 1 pc, remove skins
Turnips (sengkuang), 1 pc, remove skins
Ginger, 1” remove skin
Pumpkin, ½ (steamed and blended into paste)

Boil the ingredients above in the water for 1 hour. Put aside.

Marinade
Shitake Mushroom/Chinese Dried Mushroom, 5 pcs, soak in cold water until they turn soft, cut into small pieces
Dried Bean Strips, 5 pcs, soak in cold water, cut into small strips when they are soft
Egg Whites (optional), from 3 pcs of eggs
Sesame Oil, 2 table spoons
Corn Flour, 2 teaspoons
Light Soya Sauce, 5 table spoons
Chinese Cooking wine (optional), 1 table spoon

Mix all the ingredients together and leave them aside for 30 minutes

Final Step
Vegetarian Shark fin, 1 bowl (1 packet of frozen shark fin) (you can also use enoki mushroom to replace shark fin)
Corn flour, ½ bowl, add cold water.

Bring the soup to a boil and add in all the marinated ingredients. Add in the vegetarian shark fin. Pour in the corn flour and water mixture to thicken the soup. Add salt to taste.
The Vegetarian shark fin soup is best eaten with a dash of black vinegar.

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