Cut shiitake mushroom and nagaimo roots into chunks. Deep fry vegi meat chunk and nagaimo roots (frying first keeps them intact when simmer in soup)

Bring a pot of water to boil. Add dried red dates, lotus seeds, and shiitake mushroom. Allow to simmer for over 30 minutes. Add fried vegi meat chunk and simmer for another 5 minutes. Add nagaimo roots and goji berry. Bring to boil and serve.