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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains	Buddhist	Vegetable	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Canned bamboo shoots; shredded
1/2	c	Ginkgo nuts or lotus seeds; shelled and blanched
1/2	c	Raw peanuts
5		Cakes bean curd; deep-fried
1/2	c	Vegetable steak

INSTRUCTIONS

These are miscellaneous ingredients for use in "Basic Buddhist Vegetable
Dish".
From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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