HAKKA Abacus Seeds, 算盘子

我老妈是客家人, 算盘子是客家人的家乡菜. 妈妈在我小的时候都会煮给我们吃.

吃着吃着都爱上了着道菜. 你很难在外面买到, 竟使买到了也不一定好吃. 今天就让我分享这简单食谱.

This is a HAKKA dish that my mother always love to make for us when we are young. Simply love the chewy and bouncy texture of these abacus seeds. Though you need a little more steps to make these, it worth the effort. Do give this simple recipe a try and enjoy this yummy dish at home with your loved one.

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HAKKA abacus seeds, 算盘子

(Serve 3-4paxs)

Recipe by TAGlicious

Ingredients

• 260g yam
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 60g tapioca starch

Steps:

1. Remove the skin of the yam.
2. Cut the yam into small pieces and steamed it for 30mins under high fire.
3. Mashed it finely when it is still hot.
4. Add in the sesame oil and salt and mix well.
5. While the mashed yam mixture is still hot/warm. Add in the tapioca flour gradually (depend on the yam water content) and form a soft smooth dough.
6. Roll them into small balls and press it using your fingers like a mini coins.
7. Boil a pot of water and cook them. When the abacus seeds float on the water, scoop it out and put them into a pot of cold water.
8. Set aside to stir fry later.

• For stir fry, you can add any personal preferred ingredients.
• For me, I love to have it with soaked dried mushrooms & black fungus, minced pork, prawns, dried shrimps, spring onions, minced garlic & seasoned it with oyster sauce and pepper.

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Korean Salad with Shrimps & Beautiful Sea Grapes Seaweed

Have you ever heard about Sea Grapes Seaweed? To be frank, this is my first time knowing this beautiful Green Cavier from Singapore Home Cook. Don't laugh at me though I sound like a mountain turtle, Heehee. These Sea Grapes Seaweed are found in Okinawa, Japan. It is rich in calcium, omega 3, DHA, EPA, ALA, multi vitamins & many more benefits. It is safe for pregnant woman and children to consume. They are a super food to help us stay well, good & healthy. 

I have received a pack of free sample from Meal Belly. If you are interested, you can buy these tiny super food easily from them online too. I am a salad lover. Today, I will like to share with you a Korean Salad with shrimps & serve this Green Cavier. I love the chewy texture (Every bite of it is like popping bubbles in my mouth) & the nutritious values of it very much! 

Korean Salad with Shrimps & Beautiful Sea Grapes Seaweed
Recipe by Taglicious
(Serving for 2)

Ingredients

• 1 head Romaine lettuce
• 100g cooked Shrimps
• 20g Sea Grapes Seaweed 
• 1 stalk of Green onions chopped
• 2 cloves Garlic minced
• 1/2 Carrot shredded
• 2 tablespoon light Soy Sauce 
• 1/2 tablespoon Fish sauce 
• 1/2 tablespoon Sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon Sugar
• 1 tablespoon of Balsamic Vinegar 
• 1 tablespoon Korean Chilli Flakes
• 1 tablespoon of roasted white sesame, for garnish

How to prepare Sea Grapes Seaweed

1. Rinse the Sea Grapes Seaweed for 10 second.
2. Soak them in the cold water for 3 mins.
3. Serve it in your dishes.

Steps to make salad

1. Mix the light soy sauce, sesame oil, fish sauce, sugar in a big mixing bowl. Mix well till the sugar is dissolved.
2. Add in shredded carrots, minced garlic, chopped spring onions, Korea Chilli flakes to the sauce and mix well.
3. Add in the cooked shrimps & bite size romaine lettuce into the mixing bowl and toss them well.
4. Put them in a serving bowl and top the Sea grapes seaweed on top of the salad & sprinkle the roasted white sesame seed on it. It is ready to serve.

Disclaimer: I going to use this posting to participate the Green Cavier Contest organised by Meal Belly & Singapore Home Cook. Wish me luck. 

Note:

• I used Feng He Garden Soy sauce which is sweeter in taste, please reduce the amount if your soy sauce is salty.

Let eat green & clean! Yummy Yum!

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