Simmered Soybeans with Vegetables – Janie's Mill

Ingredients

• 10 to 12 ounces Janie's Mill organic dry Soybeans
• 4 to 5 cups water for soaking the dry beans
• 4 dried shiitake mushrooms , rehydrated and cut into small cubes
• 1 or 2 medium carrots, cut into small cubes
• 1 to 2 ounces of lotus root, cut into wedges
• 50g (1.8oz) konnyaku, diced into cubes
• 4" x 4” piece of konbu (dried kelp) , cut into small squares
• 4 tbsp liquid from soaking the shiitake
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 3 tbsp sugar
• ½ tbsp Mirin (Japanese Rice Wine)