Tokwa ala Verde Soup (Make Mine Green Challenge)

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August 16, 2022

Hello, Plant Power (Vegan) Community! I never thought this community exist until I came across @itsostylish post about her entry to the current contest that is being run by this community. This will be my very first post here, so let me introduce myself.

I'm Jane, a vegan before 😅, but ever since I work abroad, I somehow broke the vegan diet protocols. However, a big percentage of my diet is composed of vegetables and non-diary/gluten food since I have food intolerances. Except when I am craving my guilty pleasures and during Sunday cheat day 🤭. It's my holiday so I have no choice but to eat whatever food is served in the restaurants here abroad.

If most people put 80% meat in their diet, I, on the other hand, stuff 60% vegetables on my plate, 25% meat, and 15% carbohydrates such as rice. A Filipino can't live a day without eating rice, lol. Sometimes, I just want to go for a vegetable salad when I don't want to consume other kinds of food, especially when I feel heavy or lack appetite.

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Again, except in my cheat days 🤭. I believe we also need to spoil ourselves once in a while.
Enough with the introduction, let's back on track...



I was inspired by @itsostylish to join this contest about Make Mine Green since I love eating green.

When I heard about green soup and must be 100% vegan, that means there shouldn't be meat or any ingredients from animal products. However, I want to add more colors aside from green, so I opted to add some vegetables. Additionally, since this will be my food for lunch, I opted to add some protein to make it
a completely healthy dish. Of course, it's not meat, but rather a protein plant-based food and alternative to meat, no other than, Tofu or Beancurd.

I'll call this...

TOKWA ALA VERDE SOUP



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Tokwa is a Filipino term for tofu. And every since I opted to go for a more vegetable diet, tofu has been my alternative to meat. Besides, tofu is easy to digest compared to meat, and my body lack enzymes for digesting hard meat and other processed food. So tofu has been part of my diet which is a great source of protein.

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Since this is a green vegetable soup, there is no need to go to the market to shop for its ingredients. I just rummaged our fridge and looked for whatever vegetables we have in our vegetable compartment.

So here are the ingredients for this green soup.

  • a soft block of tofu
  • Spinach, coriander, and parsley
  • some carrot, pumpkin, and honey fungus mushroom (optionals)
  • salt and pepper for seasonings

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The procedure is so easy and cooking the soup will only take more or less 10 minutes. Meanwhile, I opted to make green tofu balls for the soup, and some will be set aside for my meal later.

Let's start the cooking!

The first thing I did was to make green tofu balls. It's not literally green-colored tofu balls but has been added with green vegetables. You can actually make it green, just blend the green ingredients with the crushed tofu. I was inspired to make tofu balls after reading @yen1503's latest food blog. And since we have no blender at home, I just...

  • Finely chopped the ingredients (coriander, spinach, green onions, carrots) and then combined them with the crushed tofu in a bowl.
  • Add corn flour and vegetable oil to bind the ingredients (since we can not use egg for this recipe).
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  • Shape the tofu-vegetable mixture into balls.
  • Fry them in a small pan with a little amount of vegetable oil until they turned golden brown.
  • Then set aside.

After making green tofu balls, let's start cooking the green soup. I'm not a fan of onion and garlic, but you can also use them for this soup. In making soup for myself, I usually used ginger as I like its spicy flavor and it's also packed with antioxidants.

  • In a small pot, saute ginger for a few seconds, then add the chunks of pumpkin.
  • Add water and let it boil.
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  • Once the pumpkin is slightly tender, add the honey fungus mushroom. Let it boil until the mushroom is cooked.
  • A minute before turning off the fire, add the spinach and tofu balls. I set aside some tofu balls for later.
  • Season with salt and pepper. (You can add mushroom powder if you want).


Let's make the meal complete with the soup!

This is perfect to serve while it's hot. But wait, we already have soup, can we add some green salad? Of course, we have it here, and the tofu balls that became like small tofu patties 😊. I made cucumber with cherry tomatoes salad for a side dish and to add more vegetables to my meal.

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I can't just eat without carbohydrates. I can't eat without rice.

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Come and let's eat 😊.



If you want to join in this contest, the rules are:

  • Make a GREEN SOUP recipe, hot or cold, but the main condition is that the soup is green, and not a salty dish, not sweet.
  • Give a unique and singular name. Be creative and give your recipe a very strange name.
  • The recipe must be 100% vegan.
  • Submit it to Plant Power (Vegan) community and use the tags: #vegan #plantbased #plant.

You can also check this post to know more information about it.
https://ecency.com/hive-180569/@plantpoweronhive/the-brand-new-plant-based-9a61467f80dda

I'm inviting @yen1503 @garrethgrey @jenthoughts @shikika to join this contest too 😊.

All photos are mine)

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Wow. Ang sarap ng more green. Feeling ko mas flavorful. Dikopa natry tokwa as gawin may soup.

Itry mo hehe

That looks totally amazing @jane1289 and your ingredients sound so scrumptious. Great pictures, too. Welcome to @plantpoweronhive you’re going to love ❤️ it here.
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Thanks to you..hehe. I will learn more about vegan recipes here hehe

Wow I am impressed with photographs skills. 🥰 like a shot by pro photographer and professional cook 🥰

Hehe. Thank you

Pag ganyan ang itsura NG pagkain, gaganahan talaga ako kumain. Bukod sa masarap, healthy pa. Cleansing pa.

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It looks so delicious, especially when eaten with rice it's unimaginable. YUMMY!!

You can try hehe

Wow madam! Super duper yummy marasa! Hahaha
Effort to the max for the entry. Hehehe
Bagan Di ako nakahimo madam KY Pauli ako. Sakay ko Yana barko. Hehehe

Kay ayaw gd pagdali.. May oras pman hene

All of it looks amazing and those tofu balls are something I would love to have. Very nice post!😊

Thank you..you should try it..

Jusko. Hindi ko kaya yan sis huhu.aminadong karne lover haha

Ako hndi masyado haha

I really want to eat soup

Yum! I wanna try this recipe but since I love egg I am gonna add some eggs. hehehe!
Thanks for sharing!

Pwede rin may egg...kaso vegan so hndi ko nilagyan jehe..
Just don't set the tofu balls too long sa soup...magiging soft na sya..
Unless nka deep fry yun..sakin kc shallow fry lang.

Nice. Salamat sa tips!

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Looks delicious. This post is making me hungry. LOL. Good job, @jane1289. !PIZZA

Hehe. Thanks.. Try nyo rin po 😊

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Subukan ko ito. 😁

Gamitan mo nlng ibang seasonings kc salt pepper lang akin 🤣... Magic sarap mas sasarap yang tofu balls haha, and chicken cubes for the soup..
Vegan eh. Kya bland taste..lol...

Mushroom seasoning ang ginagamit ko na pampalasa. Hindi kasi vegan/vegetarian ang magic sarap eh; may chicken meat at eggs ito. hehe. Hindi naman kailangan bland ang taste kapag vegan. 😊

Wow!!! I love it, What a fantastic soup! your soup looks great! 😃

Thanks

Hmmm. This is quite creative. And it looks tasty. Is it?

I had to look up for tofu, after reading your piece.

I might attempt living a vegan some time.

Good luck in your contest

Sure why not.. Tofu is healthy and great source of protein

I noticed that

I have not tried this in my life and do not even know this nature of dish. It's my first time of hearing the name...

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Now you know hehe

I do love seeing your cooking Jane, you will make someone very happy some day!

Of course, myself and I🤣🤣

hahahaha you wee smart arse 🤣🤣🤣

It looks so delicious I wanna try it

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Your meal🥗🥗🥗 looks appetizing, Jane.

I don't know how you managed to be a vegan BEFORE, I love meats 🍗 and putting not a complete stop to it would be a huge problem hahaha 🤣🤣🤣

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Thanks.. I grew up eating mostly vegetables s.. So I only like meat on special occasions hehe

What a fun plant post🌿

I'm Jane, a vegan before

I don't know why I find this very funny 🤣 maybe it's because this is the fist time I'm coming across someone who broke the vegan code. I can't live the life of a vegan, I love meat so much and I can't give it up 😆 but I take lots of veggies everyday

Nice culinary skills by the way, I love how lovely the food looks in the end

Haha.. Because I was 🤣 until I worked here.. No choice but to eat there food lol

The presentation is just out of this world! ♥️
But can the mushrooms be replaced with something else?

Of course.. I just use whatever we had in our fridge haha

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Hey Jane! Your Tokwa vegetable soup looks delicious. It's simple to prepare but we don't have tofu here in my part of the country. 😄

I eat meat a lot and try to incorporate as much vegetables as I can afford in my meals...60% vegetables is good. Nicely done. Good luck in the contest. !LUV
From DreemPort. 😁

Seriously? No beancurd there? Hehe.. I guess you guys like meat..

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That looks amazingly delicious

Yes. Vegan is the way forward on every level.

Even cutting back on meat is perfect to start

I think people will understand this and relate to it far better than being yelled at for animal cruelty and killing the planet

Plus it's healthier. Plant based.

Even a little bit of activism is better than none at all.

🙏❤️👍

True..and easier to digest and produce as well.

Yeah 👍

in my house we consume very little meat, we love recipes with vegetables, your soup looks delicious

At home as well.. We only eat more meat on weekend

Oh, this recipe looks good, most specially that it has mushroom.
I will try to join if I have something to share☺️

Go madam.. May maluluto ka jan for sure hehe

Oh so Jane is vegan ~ That's nice, Got to know more today.

Glad to know about this dish tho what do I call myself who eat rice or rice only! Haha

Enjoy your meal and good day!

Vegan before 🤣 you missed it

Hahaha 🤣

I warmly welcome you to this community @ jane1289, it is a pleasure that you share with us your recipes and vegan experiences. Regarding that you feel guilty for breaking the protocol of the vegan diet, it is not something that should mortify you or make you unhappy, because life today is very complex and we must adapt to the circumstances, so do not worry.

Regarding this recipe, it is very original, and although the soup is not completely green, it has good nuances of that color. Now, what I did notice is that you are in the photos cooking your recipe, and this was one of the conditions of the challenge, that you appear in at least two photographs preparing your dish.

I hope that they can meet this condition in future challenges of our community, since it is a constant in them.

Greetings and again, welcome.

Oh wait, I missed that part 😭.. I forgot to take photos of me preparing the recipe.. I was in a rush to make this for this contest, and it was my lunch that day too haha. Anyway, it's okay if this will not be considered.. I'm happy to find this community.. I can learn more vegan recipes here 😊..

I'm sure we'll see you cooking in the future. Have a nice day.

@jane1289,


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Thank you... I hope your mobile phone is fine now?..
Yup, been posting there..it's okay if you didn't notice at first 😊..