Ingredients (8 servings)
2 blocks tofu (kinugoshi)
A
3 cups water
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp soy sauce
2/3 pack shimeji mushrooms
2/3 pack enoki mushrooms
1/2 onion
8 pieces Kanikama (imitation crab meat)
1/2 sheaf of trefoil (mitsuba)
B
2 cups soup stock (dashi)
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp mirin(sweet rice wine)
a pinch of salt
2 tbsp soy sauce
4 tsp starch (katakuriko)
1 block ginger
1 tbsp oil
Method
1 Cut tofu into quarters. Boil A. Add tofu and cook for 10 minutes.
2 Separate shimeji mushrooms into small pieces. Cut enoki mushrooms in half length. Slice onion thinly and break kanikama into rough pieces.
3 Heat oil in a pan. Saute onion until it becomes transparent. Add shimeji, enoki and kanikama and saute. Add B. After boiling, add starch dissolved in water to thicken soup.
4 Place tofu in a bowl. Pour 3 over tofu and garnish with grated ginger and trefoil. Serve hot.