DIY Yu Sheng (Chinese Prosperity Toss)

-ingredients

• 100 g white radish, shredded
• 100 g carrot, shredded
• 100 g unripe mango, shredded
• 75 g pickled papaya, shredded
• 50 g spring onions, shredded
• 1 red chilli, shredded
• 6 pickled leeks, shredded
• 100 g pomelo wedges, peeled & separated the sacs
• 4 kaffir lime leaves, finely shredded
• 20 g young ginger, finely shredded
• 1 pair yao char kwai (cruller), sliced thinly and deep dried til crispy
• 100 g sweet potatoes, finely shredded
• 50 g toasted sesame seeds
• 70 g roasted peanut, pounded

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-sauce ingredients

• 300 g plum sauce
• 1 tbsp lime juide
• 3 tbsp honey
• 1 tbsp sesame paste
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1/2 tsp salt to taste
• 10 g Chinese five spice powder (in red packet)

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-method

1. deep fry shredded sweet potatoes in hot oil until crispy. Remove from oil & drain well.
2. combine the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a to a low simmer. leave aside to cook completely.
3. arrange the shredded ingredients attractively on a big round platter.
4. to serve, pour the sauce over the yu sheng and sprinkle with five spices powder. Add a sprinkle of sesame seeds and roasted peanuts.

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other subtitute ingredients

• seng kuang (chinese turnip)
• grapefruit (substitutes pomelo)
• pickled red ginger (recipe)
• chinese pear
• water chestnut