Stuffed Tofu Soup aka Sup Tahu Isi

There were times in my university days, I got submitted to hospitals – and trust me, those days were many. My mom would rush to go to Bandung (she lives in Jakarta, different city from where I studied), and she would stay for a while to take care of me and make sure I was having enough nutrition and sleep.

This soup was one of her weapon to force me to eat. She would by the best stuffed tofu from Chinese Store and she would make the soup – the most delicious soups I had ever had in my life. Well, I don’t know about being a mother – does it make you an excellent cook? Humbly I say that I can cook well – my friends and family say so. And I love to cook. I love to spend hours in the kitchen cooking something for my beloved ones. I even enjoy cooking complicated dishes. But my Mom? She always prefers to cook anything simple and fast. And sometimes she’s too lazy to cook. But this I tell you, her cooking is always waaay more delicious than mine.

Well, maybe it got something to do with being a mother. Hope my daughter would say the same about me :)

So please find the recipe here (I’m too lazy to do this in English, will translate it at another time)

Ingredients:

Stuffed Tofu (Tahu Isi):

4 Tahu putih yang besar, potong dua jadi segitiga (di sini tahu putihnya besaaar dan panjang, jadi saya cuma punya satu, dipotong 4, dan dipotong 2 lagi jadi 8 potong segitiga). Keruk isi tahu, kerukan tahu bias dicampur ke adonan daging nantinya

400 gr ikan (saya pakai fillet pangasius beku)

300 gr daging giling (enaknya ini dicampur udang, tapi saya alergi udang dan teman2nya)

5 bawang putih, cacah

1 bawang daun, cacah

1 wortel ukuran kecil, cacah

1 sendok kecap ikan

1 sendok saus tiram

1 sendok tepung tapioka

Garam, lada putih, gula

Soup Base (Kuah Sup):

1.5 liter air

300 gr leher ayam

5 bawang putih, cacah

1 bawang Bombay, iris2

1 wortel ukuran besar, dipotong agak tebal (ini dipakai di kuah sup supaya kaldunya agak manis)

1 bawang daun, potong2 (tapi jangan diiris halus), hanya untuk kaldu saja

Gula, garam, sedikit ketumbar bubuk, dan sedikit fennel seed (untuk memaniskan kaldu)

1 blok kaldu ayam

How to:

Untuk tahu isi:

Keruk tahu sehingga berlubang dan bisa diisi.

Haluskan ikan dan daging giling, campur dengan bumbu2 yang lain (I used a food processor so I just threw everything in)

Masukkan adonan yang sudah dihaluskan ke dalam tahu, kemudian kukus sampai matang (warna adonan akan berubah dan hasilnya akan agak mengembang)

Adonan ini jadinya banyaaak sekali, jadi saya pakai untuk pangsit rebus juga. Isi adonan ke kulit pangsit, rebus sampai matang.

Untuk kuah sup:

Tumis bawang bombay dan bawang putih, masukkan leher ayam dan bahan2 yang lain, rebus sampai mendidih, kecilkan api, rebus dengan panci tertutup sampai satu atau dua jam. Saya suka masak kaldu sampai leher ayamnya lunak – they will go for my husband :D

You can add more water so you can have a soup base if you want to eat the stuffed tofu with noodle or bihun. Or you can eat the stuffed tofu and the steamed dumpling with peanut sauce (eat them as siomay).