Enjoy a Vegetarian Rice Bowl Meal in a Buddhist Temple | Veggie Island

Whether it’s crispy, sizzling cilantro pancakes or a protein-packed tofu rice bowl, you’re sure to find something tasty on your next visit to Taichung!

The IBS Bodhisattva Temple in Taichung, Taiwan boasts exposed concrete walls that blend harmoniously into the lush greenery. Here, visitors can enjoy the temple’s famous, reservation-only rice bowl meal and even take free vegetarian cooking classes!

In this episode, Aggie experiences the kindness of Taichung’s local temple worshippers, who provide all the ingredients for the temple’s free rice bowl meals. The meal Aggie enjoys combines different cold and warm dishes, including protein-rich tofu skin with carrots, stir-fried bitter melon with pickled mustard greens, seasonal vegetables and cold-tossed celery strips.

All of these dishes are served together in a traditional bowl called a “patra,” which can be used as both a cooking vessel and a ceremonial object. In Buddhist temple tradition, these singing bowls are played to create soothing sounds that calm the mind and bring inner peace.

The temple’s cooking instructor Wang Pei-ren runs her own YouTube channel ‪@MAMA-gl6sl‬, where her video on how to make scallion pancakes has earned millions of views! In this episode, Chef Pei-ren shares a vegetarian version of her recipe, made with cilantro instead of scallions. This makes the pancakes suitable for vegetarian diners who don’t eat onions or garlic for religious reasons. Watch the full episode to see what Aggie thinks of these crispy, tempting fried snacks.

00:00 IBS Bodhisattva Temple in Taichung, Taiwan
02:43 Free Vegetarian Bowls for Temple Visitors
03:36 The Art Space, Vima House
04:24 The Rice Bowl Meal: Stir-Fried Bitter Melon, Carrots With Tofu Skin, and Seasonal Vegetables
05:15 Key Ingredient: Pickled Mustard Greens or “Meigancai”
06:40 Trying the Rice Bowl Meal
07:37 The Noble Bottle Tree Fruit, Endemic to Taiwan
08:15 Fresh Tofu Skin With Carrots and Sesame Seeds, a Protein-Packed Dish
08:53 Cold Tossed Celery Strips With Sweet and Sour Dressing
09:29 Temple Worshippers Provide the Ingredients for the Rice Bowls
09:48 The “Patra” Singing Bowl Is Both a Cooking Vessel and a Ceremonial Object
10:47 Wang Pei-ren’s YouTube-Famous Cilantro Pancakes
13:26 End Credits

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