Dinner Idea: Wheatberries, Quinoa and Mung Beans, Japanese Soup (Dashi), and Fried Tempeh and Tofu

Dinner idea: Wheatberries, quinoa and mung beans, dashi, fried tempeh and tofu, an orange - Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy

Hi all of you, how you doing today? Well, today I am gonna share one of our dinner idea from my kitchen. It's simple cooking yet tasty, like always. I know, it looks like bean, and bean today... 😁 But you have to know, tempeh is one of the probiotic food sources, am I right? And the rainbow veggies are carotenoids food sources. So, eating all of these kinds of food sources would support your immune system.  Let's check it out! 😊

Ingredient:

• 1 pack (250 g) of Tesco wheatberries, quinoa, and mung beans
• 1/2 pack of tempeh  or 100 gram of tempeh - cut it
• 3 small block of tofu - 1 tofu for the soup and two other for the fried tofu 
• 50 - 75 ml of water
• 2 g salt  or add salt as you like - this salt is for the fried tempeh and tofu
• 2 g of onion powder - this is for the fried tempeh and tofu
• 2 g of garlic powder - this is for the fried tempeh and tofu
• 2 bags of dashi

Dashi - Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy

• 800 ml of water - this water is for the soup
• a half of carrot - cut it
• 1 pack white bunapi mushroom
• Some broccoli
• Some cherry tomatoes
• 2 leaves of kale
• 1 - 2 g of garlic powder - this is for the soup
• 1 -2 g of onion powder - this is for the soup
• 1-2 g of coriander leaf - this is for the soup
• 200 ml of canola oil to fry the fried tempeh and tofu

These are what you do:

• Heat the wheatberries, quinoa, and mung beans, you can read the instruction
• Pour 800 ml of water in a pot, and add the dashi bags. Bring it to boil
• Add the tofu (cut the tofu in dice), let it cook for about 1-2 minutes
• Then add carrot, broccoli, kale, the last is mushroom and cherry tomatoes
• Add garlic powder, onion powder, and coriander leaf. Let it cook for about 3 minutes. Then take aside
• Now we make fried tempeh and tofu. Pour 50-75 ml of water in a bowl
• Add salt, garlic powder, and onion powder. mix them well
• Place the tempeh and tofu (cut the tempeh and tofu before) in the seasoning water
• If you have time, marinate them for about 10 - 15 minutes
• But if you don't have much time, just fry them after covering them with the seasoning water
• Fry the tempeh and tofu in the medium-low flame until fully cooked

Prepare the dinner:

• Place wheat berries, quinoa, and mung beans first in a plate
• Arrange the fried tempeh and tofu

Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy

• Pour soup in a bowl

Japanese soup/ dashi - Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy

• Don't forget to eat fruit! 😉

Here is one of our dinner ideas, what do you think? Stay safe and healthy, take take and have a nice day! See you in another article! ✋😊

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• Written by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy
• Photographed by Acik Mardhiyanti / Acik Mdy
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