黄金常逗 (Stuffed Snake Beans) ～ Happy Ulala CNY 金蛇呈祥, 新年快乐

This is my last post before CNY, even i still have few cookies to post, i can only post it when i come back from CNY. Yesterday i cooked this stuffed snake beans just to 应景 (match with) the coming water snake year..

I have almost ready to celebrate this Spring festival , here are some of my preparation...

Flowers

few pots of flowers bought from Ikea..

my pot of arrowroot plants, the top of this plant also look quite similar like snake head right?

flowers from my garden

Vegetables

Must have CNY vegetables, Napa Chinese long cabbage (this special cabbage only can be seen during CNY), lotus root (for soup) , Chinese leek ( for stir fry ), Chinese lettuce (for wrapping with fried stuffs) and Chinese chives (means long life)..

Nian Gao, sweet candies.

Nian Gao (Chinese sticky cake) from my mom..

Sweet candies

One of my favourite old-fashioned sweet, something like muachi ..I like the pink one ^_^

CNY decoration in and out of the house

sun dry prawn crackers and peanuts first before making these last minutes cookies..

- very nice prawn crackers that made by my relatives who staying in Pasir Penambang .
.and last minutes cookies requested by my hubby - peanut cookies..

come back to this stuffed snake beans..

This is snake beans, size is bigger than normal long beans, and has rough surface..

You dont need a recipe, very simple to make..stuffed snake beans with fish paste ( add some chopped waterchesnut and season with salt, sugar and pepper) , lay bottom with a small piece of cabbage (as not to stick to the plate)..arrange like snake shape, steam for 10mins..

Pour pumpkin gravy ( pumpkin puree, chicken stock and seasongs) on stuffed snake beans..This year is water snake, so this dish look like water snake swim on golden river, hehehe..

* this dish was inspired by a dish that serve in a restaurant..

I wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year of the Snake with Abundance of Health, Wealth and Happiness.

恭祝各位新年快乐，愿健康，和谐伴您度过一个欢乐的心年。


I am submitting this post to Chinese New Year Delights 2013 hosted by Sonia aka Nasi Lemak Lover