Yam Ring

Yam ring is a good dishes to celebrate festival. I'm make it on the reunion dinner for Chinese New Year. Look nice and delicious.

Adapted from: Y3K Recipes

Yam Ring
300 gm yam (skinned)(diced)
150 gm wheat starch flour (tangmin flour)
some boiling water
1 tablespoon oil

Seasoning A:
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon five spice powder
1/2 teaspoon white pepper

Filling
Handful of rice vermicelli
80 gm chicken Meat (diced)
2 black mushrooms (soaked, diced)
1/4 carrots (diced)
1/4 green peppers (diced)
10 cashew Nuts (deep fried)
1/2 tomato (diced)
5 dried Chilies (soaked, cut into lengths)
(can add any vegetable on your own favourite)

Marinade for chicken
1/2 tablespoon light soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon corn flour
1/2 tablespoon oil

Seasoning B:
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 tablespoon chili sauce
pinch of white pepper

Method: 

1. Steam yam over high heat till cooked. Blend into paste while hot. Add in seasoning A and mix well.
2. Put flour into bowl, pour hot water and stir well with chopstick.
3. Add in yam paste and oil, knead well with hand while hot. Chill in fridge for 30 minutes.
4. Remove the paste from fridge. Knead well and shape to form a ring.
5. Heat up 1/2 wok oil on high heat till boil.(make sure is boil)  Place yam ring onto a piece of bamboo grid. Deep fry till golden brown, remove and set aside. (I didn't use bamboo grid)
6. Deep fry the dried rice vermicelli in boiling oil till crispy. Set aside.
7. Heat up some oil. Saute dried chilies, add in other filling and fry a while. Add in seasoning B and fry till fragrant.
8. Pour the filling into yam ring. Sprinkle crispy rice vermicelli on top and side as a garnishment.

Notes from Y3K

1. The purpose of chill the yam dough is to prevent the yam ring from breaking during deep fry process.
2. After remove the dough from the fridge, it need to knead again as the oil will sink to the bottom of the ring.
3. Sprinkle some water onto the surface of oil when deep fry, will make the yam ring more crispy.
4. Placing yam ring onto a bamboo grid prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the wok.