Sunday, February 22, 2015

Chinese New Year Vegetarian Yu Shang



Yu Shang (鱼生) is a must-have menu during Chinese New Year. It consists strips of raw fish, various shredded vegetables, crunchy crisps (卜脆), sauce, toasted sesame, ground toasted peanuts and so on. We then toss and mix all the ingredient, while shouting various "auspicious wishes".
This year I wanted to have a simple and healthier (no artificial color in specific) Yu Shang at home. So I made this recipe myself, by the way you can substitute with any vegetable of course.

Ingredients

  • cucumber    黄瓜
  • carrot    胡萝卜
  • daikon radish    白萝卜
  • capsicum    灯笼辣椒
  • popiah pastry    薄饼皮
  • sesame    芝麻
  • unshelled and skinless peanut    去壳去衣花生
  • honey    蜜糖 
  • lemon juice/vinegar    柠檬汁/
  • sugar(optional)    糖(选择性)
  • salt     

  Steps 

  1. Shred the cucumber, carrot, radish and capsicum. Arrange them nicely in a bowl.   黄瓜、胡萝卜、白萝卜和灯笼辣椒切丝,然后整齐的排在碗里。
  2. Cut the popiah pastry into pieces. Arrange 1 layer (don't overlap) on the baking tray and toast in oven at 150°C for about 5-10 minutes or turn to golden brown.    薄饼皮切小片,在烤盘上排一层(不要重叠)以150°C烤5-10分钟或直到转金黄色。
  3. Roast the peanut (do not overlap during roasting) and sesame at 150°C for 5-10  minutes or turn to golden brown.    花生(烤时不要重叠)和芝麻150°C烤 5-10分钟或直到转金黄色。
  4. Grind the peanut to smaller chunks.    花生磨碎成小颗粒。
  5. Mix the honey, salt and lemon juice/vinegar as the sauce. Add sugar if prefer sweeter taste.    蜜糖、盐和柠檬汁/醋混合均匀。如要甜些可加糖。
  6. Put the toasted popiah pastry, ground peanut, sesame and the sauce on top of the vegetable when serving. Mix them thoroughly and ready to eat.    把脆薄饼皮、花生碎、芝麻和酱倒在之前排好的蔬菜上。全部拌匀再吃。

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