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Healthy Yee Sang Salad For Chinese New Year

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Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Appetizer
Servings 10

Ingredients
  

MAIN INGREDIENTS

  • Carrots, shredded
  • Daikon, shredded
  • Cucumber, shredded
  • Beets, shredded
  • Corn, cooked
  • Red cabbage, shredded
  • Cherry tomatoes, whole
  • Pomegranate seeds
  • Mango, sliced
  • Mandarin orange, segmented

SAUCE

  • 4 tbsp Plum sauce
  • 2 tbsp Honey
  • Juice of 2 limes

OTHER CONDIMENTS

  • Crushed peanuts
  • Roasted sesame seeds
  • Crackers

Instructions
 

  • Arrange all the ingredients on a big plate.
  • Make the sauce by mixing plum sauce, honey and lime juice.
  • Sprinkle sesame seeds and crushed peanuts.
  • Pour sauce over yee sang in a circular motion.
  • Toss the salad as high as you can and say auspicious wishes for the coming year during the “lou hei” tossing ceremony.
  • Eat

Notes

Other Ingredients:-
Seafood: fresh salmon, smoked salmon, jelly fish, abalone
Nuts: sunflower seeds, Pumpkin seeds
Fruits: pomelo, papaya
The idea is to keep the yee sang colourful and to ensure that you’ll be able to hold the ingredients with chopsticks and toss them high up.