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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook monk’s vegan soup ‘kenchin-jiru’ using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’:

1. Make ready 1-2 teaspoons Sesame Oil
2. Prepare 1/2 Carrot
3. Make ready 5 cm Daikon (White Radish)
4. Get 4-5 Satoimo (small Taros) *OR 1 large Potato
5. Prepare 10 cm Gobo (Burdock Root) *optional
6. Prepare 1 pinch Salt
7. Make ready 4 tablespoons Soy Sauce
8. Take Ground Chilli OR finely ground White Pepper *optional
9. Make ready 200 g Tofu *medium firm type such as ‘Momen’
10. Prepare 1 sheet Abura-age (Fried Thin Tofu)
11. Prepare 3 & 1/2 cups Water
12. Get 1 Spring Onion *finely shopped
13. Prepare 10 cm Kombu (Kelp)
14. Make ready <Stock>
15. Take 4-5 Dried Shiitake
16. Take *Note: You can use 1 heaped teaspoon Dashi Powder instead

This soup is called 'Kenchin-jiru' in Japan. It is originally a Buddhist dish and vegan. Vegetable base stock, such as Shiitake Mushroom OR Kombu (Kelp), is used for this soup. Kenchinjiru (けんちん汁) is a hearty plant-based Japanese soup that's made with a vegan shiitake mushroom and konbu stock.

Instructions to make Monk’s Vegan Soup ‘Kenchin-jiru’:

1. Prepare the stock first. Place cold Water in a bowl, add cleaned Kombu (Kelp) and Dried Shiitake, and soak for at least 1-2 hours. Softened Shiitake can be cut into small pieces and added to the soup later.
2. *Note: Do not add the softened Kombu to the soup. Kombu will get slimy and unpleasant flavour will come out. Use it for something else.
3. Cut all Vegetables and Tofu into small pieces that are easy to eat. Finely cut Spring Onion for topping.
4. Heat Sesame Oil in a large saucepan or pot, stir-fry Vegetables for a few minutes. Add 1 pinch Salt to season.
5. Add 3 cups Kombu (Kelp) and Shiitake stock. (*Avoid the dirt and settlings.) Bring to the simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Season with Soy Sauce and cook until all vegetables are soft.
6. *Note: I add 1 pinch Ground Chilli OR White Pepper for a hint of spiciness. This is totally untraditional, but I like it.
7. When Vegetables are soft, add Abura-age (Fried Thin Tofu) and Tofu, and bring back to the boil. Then it’s done!
8. Sprinkle with finely chopped Spring Onion and enjoy.

Vegetable base stock, such as Shiitake Mushroom OR Kombu (Kelp), is used for this soup. Kenchinjiru (けんちん汁) is a hearty plant-based Japanese soup that's made with a vegan shiitake mushroom and konbu stock. Loaded with veggies and protein, it's a delicious. Monk's Vegan Soup 'Kenchin-jiru' This soup is called 'Kenchin-jiru' in Japan. It is originally a Buddhist dish and vegan.

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