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Description:
Yam Ring/Basket

Ingredients:
This is the central yam ring used in the popular dish served in Chinese restaurants; it is typically filled with a mixture of stir-fried vegetables, diced chicken and mushrooms, and crispy fried vermicelli.

Ingredients
# 500g yam, cubed
# Enough oil for deep-frying
# 75g tang mein fun (wheat starch)
# Just enough boiling hot water

(A):
# 1/2 tsp sugar
# 1/4 tsp salt
# 1/2 tsp concentrated chicken stock
# 1/4 tsp Chinese five spice powder
# 75g shortening

Directions:
Steam yam until soft and tender. Mash while still hot then mix in tang mein fun and just enough boiling water. Mix well into a dough. Add ingredients (A) and combine. Form the dough into a ring shape.

Heat oil in wok. Place yam ring into a large enough perforated ladle and deep-fry until crispy and golden brown. Remove and drain well.