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vol.14:Lo hei yu sheng and Coconut milk new year cake (China)

Hello, my name is Karen Ta. I was born and raised in Saigon, Vietnam. I immigrated to the United States when I was 16. Because of my husband's work, I moved to Yokosuka, Japan 3 years ago. I love Japan. It is a beautiful and interesting country. People here are very kind.
I teach Vietnamese and Hong Kong Style Chinese cooking. Besides that, I have a preserved flower business. Whenever time permits, I like to study Japanese and visit new places.
Karen Ta


Lo hei yu sheng

Ingredients

  • ・100g ginger
  • ・100g leeks
  • ・100g Japanese radish
  • ・100g carrots
  • ・2 tablespoons sugar
  • ・3 tablespoons vinegar
  • ・2 teaspoons salt
A
  • ・100g pickled red ginger (Beni shouga)
  • ・100g cucumber or seaweed
  • ・100g Japanese takuwan
  • ・100g lettuce
B
  • ・100g crispy chips
  • ・150g raw fish or smoked salmon
  • ・Juice of 1/2 tangerine
  • ・Sesame seeds
  • ・2 tablespoons oil
C

[Plum Sauce]

  • ・2 Tablespoons plum paste
  • ・1 Tablespoon vinegar
  • ・2 Tablespoons sugar
  • ・2 Tablespoons water
D
  • ・1 teaspoon five spice powder
  • ・1 teaspoon ground peanuts
  • ・Black pepper
  • ・50g coriander

Directions

  • 1Cut ginger, Japanese radish and carrots into long thin strips and then marinade in separate bowls, each with 1/2 tablespoon sugar, 3/4 tablespoon vinegar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
  • 2Cut A into long, thin strips. [Refer to photo #1]
  • 3Use the strips from step 1 and 2 to decorate a big plate (This is the Yu Sung.) [Refer to photo #2]
  • 4Put the ingredients from B in separate plates individually. [Refer to photo #3]
  • 5[Plum sauce]
    combine the ingredients in C. [Refer to photo #4]
  • 6Put D in separate red envelopes.
  • 7When ready to eat, follow the instructions “8 Steps to Present The Lo Hei Yu Sung”.
  • 8Decorate with coriander.

[8 Steps to Present The Lo Hei Yu Sung]

  • 1st step: Say Gong Hey Fag Choi (“May good luck and wealth come your way”) when putting the big plate for Yu Sung down on the table.
  • 2st step: Say Dai Gut Dai Lei (“Best of luck”) when adding the tangerine juice to the Yu Sung.
  • 3st step: Say Nin Nin Yau Yu (“May you have abundance every year”) when adding the ingredients from B .
  • 4st step: Say Yut Bun Man Lei (“May your business flourish”) when adding the five spice powder. [Refer to photo #5]
  • 5st step: Say Yau Sui Doll Doll (“May your business be smooth”) when adding cooking oil and sauce.
  • 6st step: Say Gum Ngan Moon Nguc (“May you have abundant wealth”) when sprinkling the grounded peanuts and black pepper.
  • 7st step: Say Sung Yi Hing Lung (“May your business flourish”) when sprinkling the sesame seeds.
  • 8st step: Say Moon Day Wong Gum (“Wealth is everywhere in your reach”) when adding the crispy chips.
  • Toss the Yu Sung in the air - the higher the better!
  • And say: Lo Hei! Lo Hei! Gum Nin Lo Gor Fung Sung Sui Hei!

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Coconut milk new year cake

Ingredients

  • ・225g mochi rice flour
  • ・1 cup brown sugar
  • ・2 eggs
  • ・2 cups coconut milk
  • ・30 red cherries

Directions

  • 1Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • 2Put mochi rice flour in a big bowl and add brown sugar and eggs. Mix well by hand or with a spoon. [Refer to photo #1]
  • 3Add coconut milk little by little as you mix.
  • 4Transfer the mixture to a pie pan and bake for 1 hour 30 minutes. [Refer to photo #2]
  • 5Decorate with cherries.

About these recipes

I am introducing 2 Chinese New Year dishes: Lo Hei Yu Sheng and Coconut Milk New Year Cake.

Lo Hei Yu Sheng is a Chinese dish that originated in Singapore and became popular in Hong Kong. People in Mainland China do not eat this dish for New Year.
Lo Hei Yu Sheng is served as an appetizer to bring 'good luck' for the New Year, in a celebration known as “Lo Hei”. Families and friends gather around the table and toss the shredded ingredients into the air with chopsticks while saying auspicious wishes out loud to mark the start of a prosperous new ear.
Lo Hei means being promoted to a higher position at a job or greater fortune. In the celebration known as “lo hei”, families and friends gather around the table and proceed to toss the shredded ingredients into the air while saying auspicious wishes out loud to mark the start of a prosperous new year and it's customary that the higher you toss, the greater your fortunes!

Coconut Milk New Year Cake is called Nian Gao in China. Nian Gao is eaten by Chinese all over the world. While it can be eaten all year round, traditionally it is most common to eat it during the Chinese New Year. It is considered good luck to eat nian gao during the New Year because “nian gao” is a homonym for a Chinese phrase that means “May the year to come be higher and better than past years.”

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