Simple Stir-fried Celery with Prawn Paste

Celery has unfortunately and undeservedly acquired a bad reputation in Westernized Chinese cooking because it is used simply as a filler in so many dishes. For restaurant owners it was a cheap way to bulk up a dish, but the vegetable has better uses. We ate Chinese celery at home as a dish by itself. My mother often stir-fried the small, intensely flavoured celery with prawn paste. This simple, aromatic vegetable dish took just minutes to make.