Mock Roast Goose
A traditional Cantonese vegetarian dish made by wrapping glutinous rice, red dates, and other fillings in tofu skin and deep-frying until golden brown. The finished pieces resemble roast goose in appearance.
Ingredients
Tofu skin
2
Glutinous rice (washed, soaked for 1 hour and drained)
500 g
Sugar
200 g
Peanut oil (for frying)
250 g
Red dates
100 g
Money cookies
100 g
Winter melon candy
100 g
Sesame oil (for mixing filling)
to taste
Instructions
1
Soak the glutinous rice
Wash the glutinous rice thoroughly, soak for 1 hour, then drain off the water.
2
Steam the glutinous rice
Bring water to a boil in a pot, place the glutinous rice in to steam for 1 hour until it becomes sticky rice, then remove and set aside.
3
Mix the filling
Combine the red dates, money cookies, winter melon candy, sugar, sesame, sesame oil and sticky rice, and mix evenly to form the filling.
4
Wrap and shape
Lay a sheet of tofu skin flat on the cutting board, place the mixed filling on top, and roll it up into a long strip.
5
Deep fry
Place the rolled tofu skin rolls in a pot of hot oil and deep fry until cooked through.
6
Plate and serve
Remove from the oil, cut into squares, arrange on a plate and serve.
