Happy Chinese New Year!
Today is Chinese new year and for the last few days I have
been pottering about in the kitchen preparing for our feast!
If you too want to celebrate but think it’s too late, think
again! Chinese new year (also known as the spring festival) is a 15 day
festival so grab the shopping list below and get cooking! You’ve got a
fortnight to eat as much fabulous Chinese food as you can!
Let me show you how...
A traditional New Year dinner is made up of mainly seafood
and dumplings so I decided to make my own prawn won tons. Prawns are a delicacy
and a symbol for liveliness and happiness which I thought was exactly what my
housemate and I needed in the middle of exam hell! Dried oysters are also often eaten as they symbolise the good,
and Fai-hai or Angel hair is eaten as it symbolises prosperity.
I also made egg fried rice (egg symbolises fertility – So watch
out Mr Emmy ;)), and sesame chicken with green beans and crispy spring rolls!
To make these prawn won tons you will need a few specialist
ingredients/tools – for example won ton wrappers and a bamboo steamer. But
these can easily be picked up for VERY cheap at your local orientalmart!
Nottingham has hundreds so I decided to go to (/ sent my friends who have
finished their exams to) the big one in the city centre. For a big pack of won
ton wrappers and the steamer it cost me just under £6! Bargain! I really do
recommend visiting your local store if you love Chinese food everything is so
much cheaper than your regular supermarket! For example I got a PETROL CAN of
soy sauce for just under £3 last year. An absolutely amazing bargain
considering a small bottle of Sharwoods or Blue Dragon would set you back on
average £1.20
Anyway...back to Chinese New Year! (The recipe will come
shortly I promise!)
You will notice my post is not in the normal colour scheme.
That’s because in China red stands for luck, fortune, prosperity and longevity and is often worn at new year! Other
traditions surrounding Chinese New Year include giving red envelopes full of
money to young couples and children! (Better than the drunken new years kiss
you get off of your hairy auntie! To any
of my aunties reading this, no you’re not the hairy one!))
So to take that horrible thought off of your mind, here are
the recipes for my prawn won tons and crispy spring rolls!
Steamed Prawn Won tons
Crispy Spring Rolls
Next I will show you how to make Sesame Chicken with Green Beans and Egg Fried Rice!
@Verygoodrecipes.com: Spring roll, Oriental, Prawn, Won ton, bamboo shoots, beansprouts
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