Healthy Vegetarian Dish for Chinese New Year

 Buddha's Delight  Jai(羅漢齋luo han zhai)

羅漢齋 Luo Han Zhai is popular in Chinese restaurants in Hawaii.  They call it "Jai"

Buddha's Delight羅漢齋 is a traditional dish eaten on the first day of Chinese  Lunar New Year.  This vegetarian food is originally Buddhist monk's dish.  

Ingredients: 
All dried ingredients (except kobu) should be soaked in water for a few hours and drained before cooking.  Stir fry the ginger in vegetable oil, then add all the ingredients.  Put 1 table spoon of sesame oil just before turning off the heat to add the flavor if preferred.   

ginko nuts 白果
bamboo shoots 竹笋
baby corns 玉米笋
carrots 紅萝卜
water chestnuts 馬蹄
straw mushrooms 草菇
dried shiitake mushrooms 香菇
dried black moss 髮菜　
dried lily buds 金针菜
dried bean curd 枝竹
black fungus 木耳 
fried tofu(bean curd) 豆腐泡
wheat glutens 面筋
shredded napa cabbage 白菜
mung bean noodles 粉丝

Ingredients for seasoning:
sliced ginger 姜
soy sauce 生抽
salt 鹽
shiitake mushroom's soaking water
kobu sea weed 海帶
Chinese rice wine 绍兴酒
sugar 糖
red fermented bean curd 南乳 
sesame oil 芝麻油