I cooked the "yeong tau fu" last week for dinner. The original recipe was Beancurd (tofu) only but i cooked the bitter gourd together since i had leftover in the fridge. The recipe was adapted from "Hakka An Inspiring Collection Hakka Foods" as shown below. I always don't know how to cook the sauce for yeong tau fu after refer to this recipe book that it was cook with the black-eyed bean soup which i personally thought that it is healthier than the oyster sauce.
Recipes;
Ingredients (A):
10 pcs fried beancurd (I used the normal beancurd), some chopped spring onion
Ingredients (B):
50gm black-eyed bean (soak in water for 30mins), 1no whole chicken carcass, 1/2 tsp salt, 500ml water.
Filling :
200gm minced pork (with fat), 150gm fish paste, 30gm dried shrimps (deep-fry till crispy, pounded), 30gm "mui heong" salted fish fillet (diced, shallow-fry till fragrant), 1tbsp corn flour
Seasoning :
1/8tsp cumin pounded (i omitted this one), 1/4tsp salt, 1/2 sugar, 1/2 tsp pepper
Method:
1. To make filling, combine the filling ingredients with seasoning, mix till sticky, set aside. (i prepared the filling the night before and kept in the fridge)
2. Cut each beancurd into triangular pieces, make a small cavity, stuff in filling mixture until full. For bitter gourd, dry clean the inner part before stuff the filling (i didn't clean it, the filling came out. After checked with my in law then i realised that the inner part have to be dry clean) :oP
3. Place the stuffed beancurds and stuffed bitter gourd in a sauce pan (filling face side down), shallow-fry with some oil until golden brown, remove from heat.
4. Put black-eyed beans in a soup pot, add chicken carcass and water, bring to boil. Covered, lower the heat, cook for 30mins until the black-eyed beans are soften.
5. Add in stuffed beancurds and bitter gourds, simmer it for 3 mins, season with salt. Dish out, sprinkle with spring onion before serve.
