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Buddha's delight, often transliterated as ''Luóhàn zhāi'', ''lo han jai'', or ''lo hon jai'', is a vegetarian dish well known in Chinese and Buddhist cuisine. It is sometimes also called ''Luóhàn cài'' (). The dish is traditionally enjoyed by Buddhist monks who are vegetarians, but it has also grown in popularity throughout the world as a common dish available as a vegetarian option in Chinese restaurants. The dish consists of various vegetables and other vegetarian ingredients (sometimes with the addition of seafood or eggs), which are cooked in soy sauce-based liquid with other seasonings until tender. The specific ingredients used vary greatly both inside and outside Asia. ==Etymology== In the name ''luóhàn zhāi'', ''luóhàn'' – short for ''Ā luóhàn'' () – is the Chinese transliteration of the Sanskrit ''arhat'', meaning an enlightened, ascetic individual or the Buddha himself. ''Zhāi'' () means "vegetarian food" or "vegetarian diet." The dish is usually made with at least 10 ingredients, although more elaborate versions may comprise 18 or even 35 ingredients. If 18 ingredients are used, the dish is called ''Luóhàn quánzhāi'' (simplified: 罗汉全斋; traditional: 羅漢全齋). In China, Hong Kong and Toronto, when served exclusively using only the most flavor-packed vegetarian ingredients, such as pickled tofu or sweet bean curds, it is known as ''tián suān zhāi'' (; literally "sweet and sour vegetarian dish"). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buddha's delight」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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