Buddha’s Delight (Vegetarian Lo Han Jai)

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 3 slices fresh ginger
• 3 tablespoons red fermented bean curd 红腐乳 hóng fǔ rǔ
• 3 cloves garlic sliced
• 1 leek medium, cut into 2 inch pieces
• 5 dried black mushrooms soaked in warm water and sliced
• 1/4 cup dried wood ears soaked in warm water, yields about 1 cup
• 1/4 cup lily flowers dried, soaked in warm water with the tips cut off
• 2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine
• 3 cups napa cabbage cut into 2-inch pieces
• 1 cup tofu puffs fried
• 2 sticks bean threads dried, soaked in warm water and cut into 2-inch pieces
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 cup water or vegetable stock
• 1 mung bean noodles small bundle of, soaked in warm water, drained and cut into shorter pieces with kitchen shears