Instructions: In a wok on the boiling platequickly heat the oil and add the onion and ginger.

Fry until soft and then remove from the heat and transfer the contents to a large mixing bowl.

Leave to cool.

Once cooled stir in the soy sauce and mayonnaise.

Add a little salt and pepper to taste but remember that soy sauce itself is fairly salty.

Gently fold the prawns and the crab meat into the mayonnaise mixture.

Then add the diced pepper cucumber and beansprouts.

Line four serving dishes (preferably glass) with the shredded chinese leaves. Divide the mixture between the four dishes and stack the mixture in the centre.

Squeeze a little lime juice over each serving and garnish each dish with two unpeeled tiger prawns and slices of lime.

The chinese say that there are seven items essential to a wellrun household: oil soy sauce vinegar rice salt tea and fuel for the fire (which is music to your cookers ears). chinese gourmet cooks expand the list to include much of the rest of this recipes ingredients including the onion ginger root and wine.

Serves 4

If you would like to email yourself the recipe for later use, or share the recipe with your friends or family, enter the email addresses below and this recipe will be emailed to you and others as well.