Buddha's Delight

Buddha's Delight (Lo Han Jai 罗汉斋) - How to make it for Lunar New Year

Today I want to share with you our secret family recipe of our family, the Buddha’s delight (a.k.a Lo Han Jai 罗汉斋). This recipe has passed down from my mother in law who has been cooking this dish during every Chinese New Year for the past six decades. She is now in her eighties, and this is the time that we will take over her work to prepare it for this coming lunar new year.

Buddha’s delight is a delightful vegetarian dish savor by everyone during the Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year.)  Lo Han Jai 罗汉斋 is another name for Budda’s delight. (Jai, or sometimes spells as Zhai, literally means a vegetarian meal for the Buddhist).

There are many variation sprouts from the authentic recipe. Many people find that it is too tedious to get all the ingredients, and therefore omit some components without sacrificing the flavor.

Source: Taste of Asian Food. Reproduced with permission.