Wan yee is a type of fish reared in ponds and lakes. Here is a dish of the steamed fish head using wan yee head which is smooth to the taste. The head is small and I always ask the fishmonger to cut at least 1/3 of the whole fish with more meat attached. Put alot of minced ginger and spread on top of the dish to be steamed.

Ingredients:

500 gm wan yee head, cleaned
100 gm minced ginger
3 tbspoon rice wine
3 tblespoon white soya sauce
1/2 cup water
Msg to taste
salt and pepper to taste
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Fish paste has its many ways to cook. Here I use it to make fish rolls, stir fried with asparagus. Asparagus can be bought in shopping mall or wet market. You soak asparagus in water for 15 minutes and cut to bite size. Discard the old stalk. Choose the young and fresh portion.The fish fillet can buy in wet market or chopping mall. You can make your own too. For this dish I bought in the wet market.

Ingredients:

300 gm asparagus cut into 2 inch length
1 packet fish paste
5 shitake mushroom, soaked until soft
2 fresh chillies sliced thinly
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This dish is a simple roasted cod fish that you can prepare for the coming Chinese New Year especially for the busy mothers. Cod fish is expensive imported fish that can be bought in the supermarkets. It is fleshy and smooth to the taste. The Chinese must have fish for the reunion dinner.

Ingredients:

2 pieces cod fillets
Salt and pepper to taste
1 big tomato, cut into slices
1 tablespoon chopped chives, cut into 1/2 inch long
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 tablespoon thyme
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon fried onions

Method:

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Coming home from work, exhausted and still have to cook for the family? Well do not fret, here is a dish of steamed prawns done and prepared all in about 20 minutes. But make sure you defrost the prawns earlier. You can accompany with 2 other dishes like a bowl of mamite soup and blanched vegetable dish with soya sauce and onion oil.

Ingredients:

10 big tiger prawns, slit and deveined, cut off feelers
2 tablespoon minced young fresh ginger
2 tablespoon ginger wine
salt and pepper to taste
a few dash of sesame oil
chopped parsley

Method:

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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
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Sometimes you wish to cook a quick dish of prawns for your family to enjoy. Try this crispy mouth watering dish that every one in the family would like to eat. To devein the unshelled prawns, you have to use a sharp knife to slit the back of the prawns and then pull the vein. Plum sauce is needed for this dish. You can buy it in the supermarket.

Ingredients:

300 gm fresh water prawns, deveined
2 tablespoon cooking oil
1 tablespoon chopped garlic and ginger
2 stalk of spring onions (cut into 2 inches length)
1/2 cup of plum sauce
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