Vegetarian Claypot

Once in a while, I will whip up this vegetarian dish, and serve it alongside a simple meat and soup. Yup!!! So that my diners will have no choice but to eat all the veg in this clay pot since there is no other available dish! Wahahahahahaaa

But, behold! This is very yummy, okay. Not totally new, nothing fanciful, just a simple claypot of fiber goodness. *smug smile*

Ingredients:

2 - 3 stalks of celery (sliced slant)
1/2 carrot (cut half length-wise, sliced thinly)
Sweet peas
Baby corn (sliced slant into 3 or 4 pieces)
Soup mushroom (cut in half)
Onion (cut chuncks)
Garlic
Salt to taste
Corn starch mixture (half tsp cornstarch, mix with water in a soup spoon)
Tofu (optional; get those for frying)
Capsicum (optional, red, yellow & green, sliced long)

Here's what I did:

1. In a heated wok with oil, fry garlic and onion till fragrant.

2. Add in capsicums, fry till fragrant.

3. Add in celery, carrot, peas and baby corn. Fry till fragrant.

4. Add in salt. Give wok a slight stir.

5. Add in 1/2 soup spoon of soya sauce. Stir fry quickly.

6. Add in soup mushroom. Continue to stir fry slightly.

7. Add in water, and a corn starch mixture. Let it simmer for a short minute.

8. Transfer into claypot and let it simmer a bit longer with the cover on.

9. Serve.

psst psst... 
* if you don't have a claypot, don't fret. It can be served in a bowl like always.
* if you like to add in tofu, then you deep-fry your tofu coated with plain flour. Set aside. Add into dish at the last stage during the simmering.
* if you like to add in a meat, you may... try prawns. Remove shells and devein prawns, add in after capsicums and when cooked, remove and set aside first. Add into dish at the last stage during simmering (this is to prevent the prawn from being overcooked).