Recipe - Sauteed Mixed Vegetables In Taro Nest

TARO BASKET (OPTIONAL
40 g Taro
1 tablespoon Salt
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
Cooking oil for deepfrying

SAUTEED VEGETABLES
95 g Thinly cut or sliced up lotus root
(one section)
40 g Sliced water chestnut
(approximately 1/3 cup)
40 g Soaked dried black Chinese
mushrooms (approximately 5
pieces)
40 g Soaked black fungi
(approximately 12 pieces)
40 g Snow peas (approximately 15
pieces)
40 g Celery
1 tablespoon Chinese celery (optional)
40 g Carrot (a few slices)

SAUCE
4 tablespoon Water
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Sugar

GARNISH
4 Soaked dried black Chinese
mushrooms
3 Tomatoes
6 Baby corn (approximately 80
g)
6 Mustard green stems
(approximately 115 g)
12 Soaked dried bamboo fungi
(approximately 150 g)

GARNISH SEASONING
1 tablespoon Oil
2 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Sugar
4 cup Stock (or water)

SEASONING
8 tablespoon Oil
2 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Sugar
4 cup Stock (or water)

* (Equipment needed: two small metal strainers) ** (Any combination of
vegetables can be used, according to the season and the cook's
preference)

Here's another fussy one. The taro basket is gorgeous, the garnishes
meticulously laid out surrounding it. Very nice, time consuming
presentation. No taro? No problem. Grate a potato and make a deep
fried potato basket. I won't tell...

Chinese Cuisine Practical Class Platinum Award Vegetable SAUTEED
MIXED VEGETABLES IN TARO NEST (12 servings)

Chef: Lam Singlun (Hotel Furama InterContinental) "Fragrant
Surroundings Pond" conveys images of rural peace and petite elegance,
both enhanced further by the rhyming sounds of the Chinese
characters. A traditional dish, sauteed mixed vegetables, is
presented innovatively.

1. For taro nest , cut taro length ways into thin (3 mm) slices. Cut
twothirds of slices into thins strips (for edge of basket). Cut
remaining onethird into strips 1.5 cms wide (for base of basket).
Marinate with salt for 1 hour. Then rinse under cold running water
for 3 hours. Drain and mix with cornstarch. Form woven basket on
inside of one mold. Lay second mold on top. Deepfry mouldframed
taro over low flame. 2. Slice each mushroom into four. Halve each
fungus. Remove snow pea strings. Cut celery diagonally. Cut carrot
into patterned pieces. 3. Mix sauce ingredients well. 4. For garnish
(optional): Slice black mushrooms. Peel tomatoes, remove seeds and
cut each into 4 slices. Cut baby corns and mustard green stems in
half. Drain black fungi. To cook 1. Bring garnish seasoning
ingredients to the boil, add mustard green stems and black mushrooms
for 1 minute. Add remaining garnish ingredients and bring to the
boil again for another minute. Drain and trim. 2. Bring seasoning
ingredients to the boil, add all "sauteed vegetables" ingredients
except snow peas and cook for 1 minute. Remove vegetables. 3. Blanch
snow peas in boiling oil for 1 minute, and remove when crisp. Pour
excess oil out of wok. 4. Add sauce and all "sauteed vegetables".
Saute for 1 minute. To present 1. Place taro basket in middle of
serving dish. Arrange trimmed vegetable garnish strips around basket
(see photograph). 2. Place sauteed vegetables in basket.

From "Champion Recipes of the 1986 Hong Kong Food Festival". Hong
Kong Tourist Association, 1986.

Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; October 27 1992.

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