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Taro Nest with Warm Salad Recipe
Prep Time | 20 minutes |
Cook Time | 20 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
For the warm salad
- 1/4 cup sliced spring onion whites
- 1 tsp finely chopped garlic
- 1 green chilli chopped
- 1/2 tsp grated ginger adrak
- 8 pieces asparagus cut into 25 mm. (1")(parboiled)
- 1/2 cup baby corn sliced diagonally (parboiled)
- 1/2 cup capsicum cubes
- 1/2 cup snow peas cut lengthwise (parboiled)
- 1/2 cup French Beans cut diagonally (parboiled)
- 1/2 cup bean sprouts
- 1 tbsp Oil
- Salt to taste
To be mixed together into a dressing
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp vegetarian oyster sauce
- 1 1/2 tsp honey
For the garnish
- 1 1/2 tsp Sesame seeds toasted, til
Ingredients
For the warm salad
To be mixed together into a dressing
For the garnish
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Instructions
For the taro nest
- Spread the noodles on a kitchen towel and dab lightly to absorb all the moisture.
- Sprinkle cornflour and salt on the noodles and mix lightly. Divide into 2 equal portions.
- Place the half noodles in a strainer to make a basket, along the mesh of the strainer.
- Heat the oil, hold the noodles in the strainer on top and pour the hot oil in the strainer, using a ladle, to fry the basket.
- Keep pouring the oil on all sides until the noodles are golden brown.
- Remove carefully from the strainer and place on absorbent kitchen paper.
- Repeat with remaining noodles to make another nest.
For the warm salad
- Heat the oil in a pan, add the spring onion whites, garlic, green chilli and ginger and sauté for a few seconds over a high flame.
- Add the asparagus, capsicum, snow peas and French beans and sauté for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the bean sprouts and salt and mix well. Remove from the flame and keep aside.
How to proceed
- Just before serving, toss the dressing into the salad and place half the salad in one basket. Repeat to fill the other basket.
- Serve immediately, garnished with the toasted sesame seeds.
Recipe Notes
Vegetarian oyster sauce is a proprietory sauce and is available at all leading provision stores.