Simple Cooking Ideas

Nowadays yee sang is one of the most popular dish to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Fortune., happiness, properity and success fill the table with dishes like Braised Abalone with Fatt choy, Steamed Chicken and Sharkfin to name a few. Do try this home-made yee sang.

Ingredients:

100 gm fresh fish (salmon, carp, or abalone)

Shred finely:

900 gm white radish, sliced and squeeze dry
1 carrot
300 gm yam
30 gm jelly fish
30 gm pickled papaya
5 stalks spring onions
2 stalks coriander leaves
2 red chillies
3 -inch young ginger
2 tablespoon shredded pickledyoung ginger
5 pickled onions
2 kaffir lime leaves
2 stalk serai
2 slices pomelo, seperate the flesh evenly
1 large lime

For the sauce:

120 gm plum sauce
100 gm oil
sugar and salt to taste
1 teaspoon 5-spiced powder

Garnishes;

2 packets chrunchies ( available at supermarkets)
50 gm sesame seeds (lightly fried till fragrant

Method:

Slice the fish thinly and and put aside in the fridge. Arrange shredded ingredients on a large flat plate, radish in the middle, top with carrot and lime leaves. arrange other ingredients around the plate. To serve, add a little lime on the fish or you can add 2 tablespoon brandy on the fish and put on top of ingedients. Pour the plum sauce on the ingredients follow by 5-spiced powder and pepper, sugar and salt to taste. Serve by tossing the ingredients high for good fortune and properity with chopsticks.