Serves : 4-5
Preparation time : 10 minutes
Cooking time :
10 minutes
Ingredients :
11/4 lb. Sea bass
Pinch salt
Pinch Ve-Tsin
Tiny pinch pepper
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon ginger sherry
2-3 tablespoon self-raising flour
Peanut oil for deep frying
Sweet-sour sauce (see below)
8-10 onion 'flower' (see below)
Sweet-Sour Sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
Pinch salt
Pinch pepper
Pinch Ve-Tsin
3 tablespoons malt vinegar
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon tomato ketchup
Scant 1/4 pint ( U.S. 1/2 cup) water
1 teaspoon cornflour
1 dessertspoon water
2 tablespoons Chinese pickles
Bring the first eight ingredients to the boil. Stir in the cornflour, Blended with the dessertspoon water and boil for 2 minutes, stirring continuously. Add the pickles and heat through.
To Make the Onion 'Flower'
Cut four 11/2- to 2 inch lengths of firm green spring onion stalk, then cut down one-third way from each end.
Drop them into cold iced water and the ends will spring into circular fringes or 'flower'.
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