I am clearing the refrigerator as I count down to SG50 next week. Super excited about my trip home! A combo of fruits with some sweet and sour sauce for a cheery tutti fruitti shrimp dish feels like a great idea. Here’s two look-alike, the real deal and the mock deal. Which would you pick?

• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

For the sweet and sour sauce

• 3 Tbsp ketchup
• 3 Tbsp white rice vinegar
• 3 Tbsp water
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt

Remaining Ingredients

• 8 Jumbo shrimps, shelled and deveined. Alternatively, use half a package of mock shrimps (available at the Chinese supermarket)
• 1 mango, peeled and sliced
• 1 peach, peeled and sliced
• 1 apple, peeled and sliced
• 8 lychees
• 1/2 red onions, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1 red tomato, cut into wedges
• 1 Tbsp minced garlic
• Curly lettuce, green onions, and cilantro for garnish
• 2 Tbsp canola oil

Directions

1. Stir ingredients for the sweet and sour sauce in a bowl and set aside.
2. Heat canola oil in wok over medium high heat. Stir fry shrimps until almost cooked. Remove from wok and set aside. If using mock shrimps, pan fry the ‘shrimps’ until lightly brown on both sides.
3. Brown minced garlic in wok and toss in red onions over high heat until it the onions are soft.
4. Add the fruits and shrimps. Stir fry over high heat for a minute.
5. Add the sweet and sour sauce. Bring to a boil quickly and transfer to serving dish lined with curly lettuce. Garnish with spring onions and cilantro.
6. Serve with white jasmine rice.

The Mock Deal (left) and The Real Deal (right)