a little treat

Battered and fried abalone is delicious treat; u can even serve in stews than the usual style of cooking especially in CNY sir-fried with veg.

Recipe
1 can of baby abalone (serve 2 / 4 pax) drained
2 tbsp plain flour and corn flour,
some breadcrumbs
4 tbsp yellow cornmeal (polenta)
½ tsp salt n paprika
½ cup oil
2 eggs, lightly beaten
¼ tsp ground white pepper
Slice the abalone into twos /threes. Mix the plain flour, corn flour, breadcrumbs, cornmeal, salt, pepper n paprika, stir to blend. Add in the eggs, mix n form a batter. Heat the oil in frying pan till it shimmer. Dredge the abalone slices in the batter n fry, turn it constantly till it become golden colour. Drain the oil. Chopped tomatoes n basil leaves can serve as dressing. Red n green pepper can garnish.
Crisp crunch while hot, or more favour as it cool.

If not, can serve it as sandwich with cream sauce. Make a cream sauce by heating butter in a saucepan until bubbling. Blend in 2 tbps flour, salt, n pepper. Pour in 1 cup milk, stir until smooth then mix in egg yolk. Add in the grated hardboiled egg whites n 7 tsp lemon juice. This yields 2 servings.