Yusheng is a popular dish for folks celebrating the Lunar New Year in Singapore. It is often taken at the start of almost every meal involving gatherings with family and friends over the 15-day celebration period.

The dish requires all in attendance to toss or lo hei and shout auspicious Chinese phrases (here's a quick guide you can refer to for revision) to create positive energy and luck all around.

Unfortunately, despite the great amount of this we have already eaten or will be eating in this festive season, most of us blindly lo and eat, without thinking about what all the stuff in there actually is.

Until somebody asks, and that's when you go "uhhh... I don't know, random vegetables."

Thankfully, we have Pok Pok & Away, a Facebook page run by local illustrator Xin Li, to the rescue, which posted this helpful breakdown of the ingredients that go into yusheng:

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="960"] Source: Pok Pok & Away Facebook[/caption]

Here's a list of the ingredients, which, if you are counting calories, are mostly vegetable-based:

- White radish

- Green Radish

- Carrots

- Peanut oil

- Sesame oil

- Plum sauce

- Pomelo / Lime

- Fish

- Sesame seeds

- Ground peanuts

- Fried crisp crackers

- Pepper / cinnamon

- Five-spice powder

Now you know.

But you should also know that the most important ingredients in yusheng are the loved ones you are tossing it with, the height you can raise it to without splattering the ceiling or any hanging lights or fans, and the fun you have coming up with auspicious phrases to shout.

Now go forth, you are ready for your reunion dinners!

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8 Chinese New Year snacks too good to feed your guests

Top image from Pok Pok & Away and here.

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