Sweet and sour..

When I saw Tempea food's Instagram story that about the teriyaki tempeh and pinapple, reminded me sweet and sour pork.
I didn't like it with pineapple when I was a kid, but now, I like it. It makes sense the pineapple brings good acidity and sweetness.  

However. I didn't make it for long..I even forgot about it.
Then, I came up with this recipe. Vegan sweet and sour...tempeh balls. People use ketchup for the sauce..but my recipe doesn't.
You can add it if you desired.

Ingredients : about two servings
<Tempeh balls>
Flax seed, 1 Tbsp 
Water, 1/4 cup 
Tempeh, 100g, crushed
Small onion, 1/4 piece , diced in small
Corn starch, 3 Tbsp 
Corn meal, 1Tbsp
Sesame paste(Tahini), 1 Tbsp
Salt and pepper to taste
​Oil to fry
Corn starch for dusting the balls

<Sweet and sour vegetables>
 - Veggies -
Onion, small, 1/4 piece, cut in bite size 
Carrot,              1 piece, cut in bite size
Celery,             1 steak,cut in bite size
​Red pepper,     1 piece,cut in bite size
Pine apple, 1/4 pound, cut in bite size 
Button mushrooms, tiny ones, half hands full
Garlic, 1 piece, minced
Ginger, 1/4 inch, minced
 - sauce -
Corn starch, 1/4 cup
Veggie stock or water, 1 cup
Apple cider vinegar, 1/2 cup
Maple syrup, 3 Tbsp
Soy sauce, 3 Tbsp
​Salt and pepper to taste 

Method:
Make the tempeh balls.
Perheat the oven to 400F.
Put all ingredients together and mix well until you can make the shape.
Make them into balls, and dust with corn starch. 
​Pan fry them with frying oil, with keep rolling them time to time.
Once it got a colour, line them to a sheet pan with a parchment paper, put in the oven for 30 min.  
​

Make sweet and sour vegetables.
Mix all of the sauce ingredients in a bowl, set aside. 
Fry onions first until they reached slight transparent, and add carrots, keep frying for a while, then add celery, red peppers and mushrooms, pineapples.( About 20 min, until the carrot get slightly soft)
Put the sauce liquid into the pan, keep stirling until the sauce got lightly set.
Finishing with salt and pepper, take out the balls from the oven, and mix into the sauce.