Simple lunch with pseudo-goose

Recently, I have been busy with work. So, I went to a supermarket yesterday evening to stock up on ready-made food. In the section of refrigerated soy-based products, I found ganmodoki (also called hirousu as written on the package) or fried tofu balls sold at a 20% discount. They usually contains root vegetables such as carrots and burdock roots, and sometimes eggs. The ones I bought were vegan as they had just carrots, shiitake mushrooms, kelp, and yam powder in them.

Ganmodoki are often cooked with vegetables, however, I usually grill them and eat with soy sauce and garlic or ginger as I did in today’s lunch. As you see, the sections of ganmodoki looked like sponge and had an elastic texture.

In addition to ganmodoki, I had sprouted brown rice and instant vegan soup. The soup was the last one I bought the other day and contained green onions and wakame seaweed. I found it best of the three kinds of vegan soup.

Ganmodoki literally means pseudo-goose. They were originally made in Buddhist temples as a substitute for meat. Though they don't resemble meat very much, I think they may also taste good with ketchup as with chicken nuggets. I’ll try next time.