Therefore, the type of vegetarian minced meat I used, are made from mushrooms and soy beans fiber. Hakka Abbacus is a dry version if you prefer more sauce, add in some water in between of your cooking! Transfer to serving plate and garnish with coriander leaves (my mum suggested to stir-fry with lots of cut coriander leaves)., chewy! Lastly, add in all the abacus beads and stir-fry for 1-2 mins.

Season with pepper, light soy sauce, mushroom essence and sesame oil. Add in some vegetarian minced meat and stir to mix well.

Add stripped mushrooms and black fungus, stir-fry briskly until aromatic. Heat oil in wok, add in ginger and fry till golden brown. Transfer all cooked beads to a plate and set aside. Let it boil until abacus beads float to the surface. Add in the abacus beads but allow some space in between, so that they don't stick with one another. Since Poh first cooked abacus beads in her Masterchef audition back in 2009, I have been meaning to replicate the dish at home. Shape the small ball into abacus bead using thumb and finger.īring a pot of water to boil with a little oil. Knead until the dough is not sticky.ĭivide the dough and roll into long shape and cut as shown above. YAM ABACUS BEADS RECIPEThis recipe is for 4 pax servings.INGREDIENTS:Yam Abacus Beads: - Yam 600 gCooking Oil 1 tbspTapioca Flour 200 gSpring OnionsRed. Add tapioca flour, a little salt, little oil and mixed well, knead to form a dough (if too dry, add some water - too wet, add a little more tapioca flour). Skinned sweet potatoes, mash them with a fork in a bowl. All ingredients are based on 'guesstimating'.so sorry, no exact weight! The colour of dough depends greatly on the type of sweet potatoes used mine has a green tea colour.Īrrange sweet potatoes (I used about 5 medium size) in a steamer and steam for 15 - 20 mins or until soft.

This is the type of Japanese sweet potatoes used (they are grown in Vietnam, and their inner colour is a little greenish yellow). Not being a fan of yam(due to health reason), I decided to try my sweet potatoes vegetarian version (*o*).

Recipe abacus beads