Scrumptious peking style lamb chops
Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally involve a family dinner that’s organised on New Year’s Eve, which is the last day of the year. These celebrations last a month with various traditional festive dishes prepared for the family. Today, on the occasion of celebrating the Year of the Horse, we bring you some sumptuous traditional Chinese recipes that you can try at home.
Recipe: Peking-Style Lamb Chops
Ingredients:
4 pcs lamb chops
1 tsp chopped chilly
5 pcs sliced ginger
4 pcs dry red chilly
2 tbsp tomato sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp honey
1 tsp vinegar
20 ml oil
Salt to taste
1 tsp sesame oil
Method:
1. Marinate the lamb chops with dry red chili, sliced ginger, sesame oil and steam for 30 minutes.
2. Arrange them on a platter.
3. In a wok, toss fresh red chilli. Then add tomato sauce, oyster sauce, honey, salt and vinegar to make the sauce
4. Spread the sauce over the lamb chops and serve.
A traditional Chinese dish, Har Gow
Recipe: Har Gow (Shrimp dumplings)
Ingredients:
14 pcs chopped shrimp
¾ tsp white pepper powder
½ tsp salt
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp potato starch
Dough
50 gms wheat starch
30 gms potato starch
Hot water
15 ml oil
Method:
1. Infuse the shrimp with salt, white pepper powder, sesame oil, sugar, potato starch and set aside.
2. Make small roundels of the dough and flatten them into discs with a blunt Chinese chopper. Divide the above mixture into small quantities and put them on the dough. Then start pleating from one end to another leaving a slight mound in the centre (as shown in the picture).
3. Layer the base of a bamboo basket with parchment paper and grease it slightly. Place the dim sums on it and steam for 4 minutes.
Recipe & Image courtesy: Chef David Yui Kwong, Ming Yang restaurant, Taj Lands End, Mumbai.
Do visit Ming Yang at The Taj Lands End this weekend to try their Chinese New Year special menu that offers some classic Chinese dishes.
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