[food] approximate vegetarian mapo tofu

[kaberett]

Amalgamated from several other recipes.

ingredients

• ~1" minced ginger
  
• ~3 cloves garlic, minced
  
• 1 tsp Sichuan pepper
  
• spring onions, sliced on the diagonal, white and green parts separated
  
• mushrooms, diced, at least one bowlful and probably more
  
• 2 tbsp gochujang (because it's what I have in okay)
  
• 2 tbsp black bean paste (ditto)
  
• hot water
  
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
  
• a plausible quantity of tofu, medium to medium-firm, chopped
  
• sesame oil to dress, maybe

method

1. fry ginger, garlic, pepper, onion whites until fragrant (not very long at all); add mushrooms and cook until soft, then move to one side of wok
   
2. add gochujang and black bean paste and fry for a few minutes, then stir to combine
   
3. add water + cornstarch (rinse out container that had the bean pastes in, probably)
   
4. turn down heat, add tofu, and combine very gently; cook for long enough for the tofu to actually heat through
   
5. use onion greens as garnish, maybe stir through sesame oil, etc

This worked out acceptably and I am going to do it again.