Healthy Vegan Tofu Hotpot with Wakame | Calm Cinematic Cooking

🔔This is a calm and relaxing ASMR cooking video featuring a simple vegan tofu and Chinese cabbage gochujang hotpot. A warm Korean-inspired plant-based recipe made with crispy tofu, napa cabbage, shiitake mushrooms and wakame seaweed. In this cinematic home cooking video, I prepare a comforting vegan hotpot step by step — perfect for cold evenings and quiet slow living moments. If you enjoy calm cooking sounds, gentle chopping, and cozy plant-based meals, this video is for you. Thank you for watching 🤍 #VeganHotpot #TofuRecipe #ASMRcooking #Gochujang #plantbased 👉Tofu & Chinese Cabbage Gochujang Hotpot (Vegan) 🍽️Serves 2 ➡️Ingredients: • 280g firm tofu, sliced • 1/2 Chinese cabbage (Napa cabbage), sliced (separate stems and leaves) • 140g carrot, peeled and sliced • 80g shiitake mushrooms, chopped • 1 shallot, peeled and sliced • 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped • 1 tbsp gochujang paste • 500ml water • 1 tbsp dried wakame seaweed • Spring onion, finely sliced (for garnish) • Olive oil • Sea salt flakes • Ground black pepper ➡️Method: 1. Fry the tofu Heat a sauté pan over medium heat with a little olive oil. Fry the sliced tofu on both sides until golden and slightly crispy. Remove and set aside. 2. Sauté aromatics In the same pan, add shallot, carrot and garlic. Sauté until fragrant. Add a little more olive oil if needed. 3. Build the base Stir in the gochujang paste and cook for 1–2 minutes until fragrant and slightly caramelised. Add the cabbage stems and cook until slightly softened and they begin to release moisture. Add the shiitake mushrooms and stir well. 4. Simmer Pour in 500ml water and bring to a boil. Reduce to low heat and return the fried tofu to the pot. Simmer gently. 5. Add cabbage leaves Add the cabbage leaves and simmer until tender. 6. Prepare wakame Soak wakame in water for about 6 minutes. Drain and add to the pot. 7. Finish & season Add some soaked spring onion into the pot. Season with sea salt flakes and ground black pepper to taste. 8. Serve Serve hot in bowls and garnish with fresh sliced spring onion. 🔔My essential kitchen tools for home cooking: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/shokuik... 👉I would love to share my latest recipes with you! If you don't want to miss out on any of my weekly posts, please consider subscribing to my channel and clicking the notification bell. It would mean so much to me to have you as a regular viewer. ❤️Subscribe Me ↙️    / @shokuikucuisine