Chai Chak Thai (Traditional Vegetarian Ham)

I love this vegetarian ham (Chai Chak Thai in Cantonese) and the ingredients are bean cured skin, spices, sugar, oil and flavouring. This is one of those traditional vegetarian foods available before the commercial mass production of mock meat. The process of making this is very tedious, where seasoned cooked beancurd skin is placed on top of each other, roll up and tightened by strings.

You can still find them at most vegetarian shops around S$2 plus for one. If it is frozen, just thaw it and slice thinly. Alternatively, just give it a quick steam to heat up.