Yee sang salad
Description
The salad for the prosperity toss. This salad is only prepared during the celebrations for the Chinese New Year in Singapore and South Eastern Asia. It is not part of the Chinese traditions.
Ingredients
1⁄2 Cup radish (shredded and excess juice squeezed out) 1⁄2 Cup carrot (shredded) 1⁄3 Cup pickled leek (can be canned) 1 Tablespoon picled red ginger 1 Tablespoon pickled ginger (stripped) 5 Leaf kaffir lime 2 Tablespoon peanuts (roasted, coarsely crushed) 1⁄4 pomelo (sacs separated roughly) 1 Tablespoon sesame seed (fried) 1 Chinese crullers (sliced and re-fried) other ingredients ( any two from the list) seafood (choose 1 from the list) 1⁄4 Teaspoon white pepper (ground) 1⁄4 Teaspoon cinnamon (ground) 1⁄4 Teaspoon five spice (powder) 1 Pinch salt (fine table salt) 4 Tablespoon plum (sauce) 3 Tablespoon lemon juice 2 Tablespoon fish sauce 2 Tablespoon sugar 1 Tablespoon sesame oil 1 Tablespoon orange oil 1 Teaspoon chicken stock (granules or stock cube, crushed to powder)
Instructions
- Combine plum sauce, lemon Juice, fish sauce, sugar, chicken stock granules, sesame and orange oil.
- Place white pepper, cinnamon, five spice and salt in a small plate.
- Reserve both.
- Arrange shredded radish, carrot, pickled leek, pickled ginger, kaffir leaves, roasted peanuts, pomelo, fried sesame seeds and Chinese crullers on a big flat plate.
- Srinkle over some Chinese turnip and fried yam strips. Add the thinly sliced smoked salmon.
- Furnish everybody with chopsticks and gather around the salad.
- Sprinkle the spices and garnish.
- Pour over dressing, and start tossing!!
- Make this a noisy affair by shouting good wishes along the way.
Notes
Roasted cashew nuts are just as good as roasted peanuts. Choose white sesame seeds, black sesame seeds or a mix of both, it would not affect your future prosperity.
If you cannot find it, substitute orange oil with a dash of concentrated lime/orange juice.
Tossing a salad high with chopsticks can be a messy business. Cover the floor with plastic or old papers and have plenty of kitchen paper at hand.
Ingredients, metric
80 g
radish, shredded and excess juice squeezed out
80 g
carrot, shredded and excess juice squeezed out
50 g
pickled leek, can be canned
20 g
pickled red ginger
20 g
pickled ginger, stripped
5
kaffir leaves
2 Tbs
roasted peanuts, coarsely crushed, or roasted cashew
2
sec pomelo, sacs separated roughly
1 Tbs
fried sesame seed, black, white or combination
1
Chinese crullers, sliced and re-fried
Other ingredients - any two combination
sliced cabbage
unripe green mango, cut into strips
Chinese turnip, cut into strips
deep fried stripe yam -yam can be colored- or fried vegetable, roughly crushed
sliced green chili or peppers, cut into fine strips
Seafood - choose 1
thinly sliced smoked salmon
thinly sliced white fish
jelly fish
Spices - to be added before the 'tossing'
1/4 tsp
white pepper - preferred option
1/4 tsp
cinnamon powder
1/4 tsp
five spice powder
1/8 tsp
fine salt
Dressing - to be added before the 'tossing'
4 Tbs
plum sauce
3 Tbs
lemon juice
2 Tbs
fish sauce
2-3 Tbs
sugar
1 Tbs
sesame oil
1 Tbs
orange oil
1 tsp
chicken stock granules, crushed to powder
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Description
The salad for the prosperity toss. This salad is only prepared during the celebrations for the Chinese New Year in Singapore and South Eastern Asia. It is not part of the Chinese traditions.
Ingredients
| 1⁄2 | Cup | radish (shredded and excess juice squeezed out) |
| 1⁄2 | Cup | carrot (shredded) |
| 1⁄3 | Cup | pickled leek (can be canned) |
| 1 | Tablespoon | picled red ginger |
| 1 | Tablespoon | pickled ginger (stripped) |
| 5 | Leaf | kaffir lime |
| 2 | Tablespoon | peanuts (roasted, coarsely crushed) |
| 1⁄4 | pomelo (sacs separated roughly) | |
| 1 | Tablespoon | sesame seed (fried) |
| 1 | Chinese crullers (sliced and re-fried) | |
| other ingredients ( any two from the list) | ||
| seafood (choose 1 from the list) | ||
| 1⁄4 | Teaspoon | white pepper (ground) |
| 1⁄4 | Teaspoon | cinnamon (ground) |
| 1⁄4 | Teaspoon | five spice (powder) |
| 1 | Pinch | salt (fine table salt) |
| 4 | Tablespoon | plum (sauce) |
| 3 | Tablespoon | lemon juice |
| 2 | Tablespoon | fish sauce |
| 2 | Tablespoon | sugar |
| 1 | Tablespoon | sesame oil |
| 1 | Tablespoon | orange oil |
| 1 | Teaspoon | chicken stock (granules or stock cube, crushed to powder) |
Instructions
- Combine plum sauce, lemon Juice, fish sauce, sugar, chicken stock granules, sesame and orange oil.
- Place white pepper, cinnamon, five spice and salt in a small plate.
- Reserve both.
- Arrange shredded radish, carrot, pickled leek, pickled ginger, kaffir leaves, roasted peanuts, pomelo, fried sesame seeds and Chinese crullers on a big flat plate.
- Srinkle over some Chinese turnip and fried yam strips. Add the thinly sliced smoked salmon.
- Furnish everybody with chopsticks and gather around the salad.
- Sprinkle the spices and garnish.
- Pour over dressing, and start tossing!!
- Make this a noisy affair by shouting good wishes along the way.
Notes
Roasted cashew nuts are just as good as roasted peanuts. Choose white sesame seeds, black sesame seeds or a mix of both, it would not affect your future prosperity.
If you cannot find it, substitute orange oil with a dash of concentrated lime/orange juice.
Tossing a salad high with chopsticks can be a messy business. Cover the floor with plastic or old papers and have plenty of kitchen paper at hand.
| Ingredients, metric | |||
| 80 g | radish, shredded and excess juice squeezed out | ||
| 80 g | carrot, shredded and excess juice squeezed out | ||
| 50 g | pickled leek, can be canned | ||
| 20 g | pickled red ginger | ||
| 20 g | pickled ginger, stripped | ||
| 5 | kaffir leaves | ||
| 2 Tbs | roasted peanuts, coarsely crushed, or roasted cashew | ||
| 2 | sec pomelo, sacs separated roughly | ||
| 1 Tbs | fried sesame seed, black, white or combination | ||
| 1 | Chinese crullers, sliced and re-fried | ||
| Other ingredients - any two combination | |||
| sliced cabbage | |||
| unripe green mango, cut into strips | |||
| Chinese turnip, cut into strips | |||
| deep fried stripe yam -yam can be colored- or fried vegetable, roughly crushed | |||
| sliced green chili or peppers, cut into fine strips | |||
| Seafood - choose 1 | |||
| thinly sliced smoked salmon | |||
| thinly sliced white fish | |||
| jelly fish | |||
| Spices - to be added before the 'tossing' | |||
| 1/4 tsp | white pepper - preferred option | ||
| 1/4 tsp | cinnamon powder | ||
| 1/4 tsp | five spice powder | ||
| 1/8 tsp | fine salt | ||
| Dressing - to be added before the 'tossing' | |||
| 4 Tbs | plum sauce | ||
| 3 Tbs | lemon juice | ||
| 2 Tbs | fish sauce | ||
| 2-3 Tbs | sugar | ||
| 1 Tbs | sesame oil | ||
| 1 Tbs | orange oil | ||
| 1 tsp | chicken stock granules, crushed to powder | ||
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Other ingredients - any two
Any two combination.
sliced cabbage
unripe green mango, cut into strips
Chinese turnip, cut into strips
deep fried stripe yam -yam can be colored - or fried vegetable, roughly crushed
sliced green chili or peppers, cut into fine strips
Seafood - choose 1
thinly sliced smoked salmon
thinly sliced white fish<
jelly fish
Glossary
Chinese crullers - Chinese version of breakfast cereal. Made of fried dough. Substitute with corn flakes if you don't have it.
Pomelo - Chinese grapefruit, this is the Malaysian ancestor of grapefruit. If you don't have it, substitute with grapefruit, Ugli, sweet orange or tangelo segments.
Food in Singapore
Food in Singapore is a cultural carnival. Singaporean cuisine has experiences many influences, mainly Malay, Chinese, Indian, specifically Tamil, Indonesian, and even Western cuisine if we don't forget Singapore has British roots. There are many examples of fusion cooking and also traditions unique to the area.
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