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This recipe is inspired from Tofu but with a slight variant. Enokitake is also known as golden needle mushroom.

Preparation: 10 mins, Cooking time: 5 mins

Ingredients (serves 2-3)
° 1 pack silken tofu (300g), cut into cubes
° 100g golden needle mushroom, trimmed and cut into small section
° 1 slice vegetarian ham, diced
° 1/2 fresh red chilli, seeded and chopped
° 1 clove garlic or 1 thin slice ginger, chopped
° 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
° a small handful spring onion or fresh coriander leaves

Sauce
° 1 tablespoon soy bean paste with chilli
° 1 tablespoon vegetarian oyster sauce
° 1 tablespoon Chinese cooking wine
° ¼ teaspoon sesame oil
° ½ teaspoon corn starch
° 3 tablespoons water

Method
1. Combine all the ingredients for the sauce in a bowl and set aside.
2. Heat oil in a wok. Add the garlic or ginger and fry till golden brown. Add the mushroom, tofu and stir-fry briskly. Stir in the sauce mixture, spring onion or coriander leaves, chilli and simmer until the sauce is thickened.
3. Transfer to a serving dish and serve with rice.

Recently, from a Taiwan report that Golden needle mushroom (Jin Gen Gu) successfully kills 95% of cancer cells.

Research shows that consuming this kind of mushroom, one of the ingredients in the mushroom can trigger the multiplication of our healthy ‘defensive’ cells. By out-numbering the cancer cells, healthy cells help eradicate cancer cells and since healthy ‘fighting’ cells can be multiplied to tens & thousands of times, it can either be used as drip or just by eating mushroom.

The mushroom is most frequently taken with steam boat.  Cooking time should be less than 3 minutes, or the healing property would greatly diminish.

American scientists have since run tests on this particular type of mushroom extract with blood, done outside human body.  Results show that mushroom extract is able to destroy cancer cells.