Vegan Buddha Bowl by Chef Souvik Gupta, Culinary Head, Loft

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Ingredients:

Build Item Grammage Portion
Base Oil 10 Ml 1
Chop Garlic 2 Gm. 1
Boiled Quinoa 200 Gm. 8
Crushed Black Pepper 1 Gm. 1
Salt 1 Gm. 1
ChoppedParsley 1 Gm. 1
Tofu With Sauce Chop Thai Red Chilly 1 Gm. 1
Kung Pao Sauce* (recipe in the next table) 25 Gm. 1
Tofu 100 Gm. 1
Hot /Grilled Vegetable Garlic Oil With Little Garlic 3 Gm. 1
Carrot 50 Gm. 2
Broccoli 50 Gm. 2
Clean Raw Spinach 50 Gm. 1
Salt 0.5 Gm. 2
Crushed Black Pepper 0.5 Gm. 2
Cold Stuff Khimchi 50 Gm. 2
Shredded Ice Berg Lettuce 50 Gm. 1
Lemon Wedge's 50 Gm. 1


Ingredients and Method for Kung Pao Sauce:

Build Item Grammage Portion  
  Dark Soya Sauce 200 Ml 1  
  Honey 200 Gm 1  
  Chop Ginger 10 Gm 1  
  Vinegar 200 Ml 1  
  Chop Garlic 10 Gm 1  
  Star Anise 2 Gm 1  
Method Take a sauce pan and heat it on a medium flame
1 Pour the dark soya Sauce in the sauce pan & bring to boil
2 Turn the heat low and then add in chopped ginger and choppedgarlic.Let it boil on medium flame as your stir constantly
3 Next add honey & Star anise in the pan and stir well
4 The sauce needs to be cooked for 3 To 4 minutes on medium flame. Then take out from the flame and keep a side to rest
Important Note Remember, after removing sauce from the cooking range you need to  also throw away the star anise from the sauce

Method to make the Buddha Bowl:

  1. Heat a pan on medium heat with oil, chop garlic then toss all the ingredients from the base column in the grid and also season it with parsley, salt & pepper seasoning
  2. Take a combo bowl and align the Quinoa at the bottom to create the base of your Buddha Bowl
  3. Put sautéed broccoli on the first right side of your combo bowl.
  4. You will now later the shredded Ice Burg Lettuce beside the sautéed broccoli
  5. Sauté the dice cut tofu in Kung Pao sauce and place it next to the Ice berg
  6. Arrange the sautéed carrot beside the Kung  Pao tofu
  7. Arrange Clinted ( Sautéed Spinach With Garlic Oil ) beside the Sautéed carrot
  8. Arrange the Khimchi salad beside the ClintedSpinach
  9. For a final touch/ Garnishing: Sprinkle White Sesame seeds on Kung PaoTofu and also place Lemon Wedge's On Ice Burg Lettuce

Origin/ Inspiration: Inspired from cultures in Asia and Hawaii, Buddha bowls is a tradition of mixing greens with a grain and a source of protein along with condiments.