It’s the third day of the Lunar New Year – back to work for me! I hope you all had a great celebration.
Several years ago, I was taught to make a Hakka dish – Abacus Seeds (or 算盘子 in Chinese). I’m not Hakka; Skye is. Therefore, Abacus Seeds is a must-have dish every time we celebrate the Lunar New Year.
Last year, I had wanted to do up a blog post on how Abacus Seeds are made, but I didn’t manage to get around to doing it. So this blog post is a year overdue!
This dish has an auspicious meaning – resembling beads on an abacus, Abacus Seeds signify abundance of wealth.
Alrighty, so, to make this dish, you will need:
- Yam
- Tapioca starch
- Water
- Cooking oil
- Diced garlic
- Diced mushrooms
- Black fungus
- Minced meat
- Pepper
- Salt
- Sugar
- Light soy sauce
- Fish sauce
Here we have some yam. These weigh about 2kg after peeling, and would serve an army.
