(For all ingredients, please use organic versions if available)
Vegan Roast
Skin
Beancurd sheet
Food coloring
Lean Protein
100 grams textured vegetable protein
50 grams cornstarch
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons seasoning powder
2 teaspoons 5-spice powder
2 tablespoons sautéed onions and garlic

Faux Fatty Meat
50 grams cornstarch
50 grams tapioca starch
100 grams coconut milk
150 grams water
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt

Braised Vegan Roast
(Made similar to the Vegan Roast but
without 5-spice powder and food coloring)
½ kilograms Vegan Roast, already fried
300 grams coconut water
2 tablespoons seasoning powder
2 tablespoons vegan fish sauce
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons tapioca starch
2 tablespoons sautéed onions and garlic
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon annatto seed oil

To make the Vegan Roast :

1. To make the Vegan Roast, firstly prepare the lean protein.
2. Put all the spices of lean protein in a bowl: the cornstarch, the salt, the vegan seasoning powder, the ground pepper, the 5 spice powder, the sautéed onion garlic.
3. Use your hand to mix them well.
4. After mixing, set the vegan protein aside.
5. To prepare the faux fatty meat, take a pot, pour in the water.
6. Put in the tapioca starch, the cornstarch, the coconut milk, the salt, and sugar.
7. Use a ladle to stir the mixture evenly until all dissolved.
8. After the ingredients are mixed well, place a pot on the stove and heat it up on a low flame so that when the mixture condensed, it won’t get burnt.
9. Stir the mixture continuously so that the paste doesn’t get lumpy.
10. Keep stirring it continuously until the paste has thickened. Once it has thickened, remove it immediately from the stove.
11. Once we notice that the paste is half cooked, then it’s ready. Don’t let it get too cooked otherwise it won’t be so tasty.
12. Place a thin cloth on a mould. Put on it the bean curd sheet to make the skin. Spread it out evenly. Put the folded portion of the bean curd on top.
13. Spread the faux fatty meat portion onto the layer of the skin. Spread it out evenly. In order the spoon not sticking to the paste, dip the spoon in water before spread out the layer.
14. Next, add on the layer of the lean meat. Use your hand to spread it out evenly on the layer of the faux fatty meat, and then use your hands to press it down tightly.
15. After pressing down tightly, wrap it with the spare cloth. While wrapping it, also press it down very firmly.
16. Take the vegan mean out of the mould.
17. Fasten the vegan meat tightly with the string. You can use bamboo ties or any other cloth strings.
18. Fasten it into 8 or 10 sections, and then turn it over.
19. Prepare the steamer, add in the water, and place it on the stove.
20. Put the vegan meat into the steamer with the lean meat on top, the faux fatty meat below.
21. Steam it for 30 minutes.
22. After 30 minutes, undo the strings and the cloth, and let it cool down for a while.
23. Use a sponge, soak it into the food coloring, and brush it on the skin layer evenly so it will look nice.
24. Use a sharp knife to cut the vegan meat into small pieces, and then fry them.
25. Use enough oil to fry so that the oil will cover half of the vegan mean slices.
26. Let the oil come to a complete boil, after that turn the flame down, and put it the vegan meat and fry it on a very low flame.
27. After frying, the vegan meat is ready to be served. This can be served with bread and rice.

To make the Braised Vegan Roast:

1. Prepare a plate of vegan roast. This was made in the same way above, except not using food coloring and the 5-spice powder.
2. Add the ingredients into a pot: 300 gram of coconut water, the vegan seasoning powder, the vegan fish sauce, sugar, salt, and tapioca starch.
3. Stir everything evenly so the ingredients dissolve together.
4. Put the pot on the stove.
5. Keep stirring until the mixture boils for 1 or 2 minutes or so.
6. When the mixture has come to a boil, add in the vegan meat.
7. Stir again for a few times only.
8. Add 2 tablespoons sautéed onions and garlic, 1 teaspoon of ground pepper, and 1 tablespoon annatto seed oil.
9. Stir once or twice, and it is ready to be served

Note: To make annatto seed oil, heat up some cooking oil in a pan. Heat it up on the stove, then add in the annatto seed. It will then have the red annatto color.