Soft Bean Curd Vegetarian Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 large piece of soft bean curd
• 2 wood ears
• 4 mushrooms
• 1 tomato
• 1 stalk celery
• 3 cups vegetable stock

Seasoning:

• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp each of cornflour and water
• pinch of pepper
• dash of sesame oil

Procedures:

1. Soak mushrooms until soft, remove stems and cut into slices. Break wood ears into smaller pieces, soak until soft. Scald tomato with boiling water, peel skin and cut into wedges. Chop celery.
2. Heat 1 tbsp of oil. Saute mushrooms. Add in wood ears and stir fry. Add in 3 cups stock and bring to a boil. Lower heat, add in tomato and simmer until cooked.
3. Add in seasoning. Use spatula and scoop layers of the soft bean curd into the soup. Bring to a boil.Turn off heat. Dish up, garnish with chopped celery and serve.