Make this recipe a recipe that people in that category can eat. categories: ['vegetarian'], recipe: rinse spare ribs with running water. cut spare ribs into 6 cm pieces. add garlic, ginger and shallots into a mortar. use the pestle to pound the mixture. add the vegetable oil into the pan. heat oil before cooking the spare ribs. put in the pounded mixture and stir until fragrant. add in the preserved soya bean paste and spare ribs. stir for one minute. put in 1 1/2 rice bowls of water, chili, light soya sauce, sour plum sauce and sugar. simmer until spare ribs are tender cooked. dissolve the cornflour in 1 1/2 tablespoons of water. add in the diluted cornflour to the pan. when the gravy starts to thicken, remove from heat. serve the sweet and sour spare ribs while hot with plain steamed rice.

Target recipe: make sauce; in a small bowl, stir together all sauce ingredients until cornstarch has dissolved. set aside. in wok, heat oil over medium heat. add onion and cook, stirring often until golden, about 8 minutes. add bell peppers and asparagus; increase heat to medium-high and stir-fry for 5 minutes. add tomatoes and pineapple chunks and stir-fry for another 5 minutes. stir in tofu and reserved sauce and cook, stirring, until mixture has thickened slightly, about 2-3 minutes. taste and adjust sweet/sour balance to your liking with additional honey, vinegar and/or soy sauce. serve at once.