Yu Sheng

Name: Yu Sheng
Prep time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: Singaporean
Ingredients: 1 medium carrot, peeled; 1 medium daikon radish, peeled; 1 small yam, peeled, grated and deep-fried; ½ teaspoon each red and green food colouring (optional); ½ cup (150 g) pomelo or grapefruit flesh, shredded by hand (see note); ½ cup (60 g) preserved sweet papaya or melon, sliced (see note); ½ cup (60 g) pickled ginger, slivered (see note); 150 g (5 oz) fresh salmon or other fish fillets, chilled and very thinly sliced; 1 tablespoon Garlic Oil; 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice; ½ teaspoon ground white pepper; 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice; 5 cm (2 in) young ginger, sliced into thin shreds; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 5 tablespoons sweet Chinese plum sauce; ½ cup (50 g) prepared jellyfish, sliced (optional, see note); 4 kaffir lime leaves, slivered (optional); Flour Crisps; 1 tablespoon white sesame seeds, dry-fried until golden; ½ tablespoon five spice powder; 4 tablespoons coarsely crushed roasted peanuts; 2 small limes (limau kasturi), cut into wedges, to serve; Coriander leaves (cilantro), to garnish (optional)

Chinese New Year Raw Fish Salad

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

The Food of Singapore

By Djoko Wibisono

Published 2015

About

This refreshing dish tops the menu at every Chinese restaurant in Singapore during the 2-week Lunar New Year period. It is considered an auspicious dish as the term used for mixing the salad together sounds almost the same in Cantonese as the word symbolising good luck and prosperity (Lo Hei).

Ingredients

Salad

1 medium carrot, peeled
1 medium daikon radish, peeled
1 small yam, peeled, grated and deep-fried

Asia
Singapore
Fish course
Pescatarian
New Year
Street Food
South East Asia

Method

Grate the carrot and radish into long, thin slices using a spiral slicer if available. Place them in separate mounds on a platter. Mix half of the yam slices with red food colouring and the other half with green food colouring, if desired, and place in separate mounds on the platter with the carrot and radish. Prepare the rest of the Salad and place separately on the pla