Singapore Slaw With Salted Plum Dressing

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For the bulb lipid

• 1 1/2 cups to 2 cups rootlike oil
• 2 cups loosely packed chopped leeks, achromatic parts lone (cleaned)
• 2 scallions, achromatic and light-green parts, chopped
• 1 mean yellowish onion, chopped

For the pickled onion

• 1 tiny reddish onion, peeled and chopped into bladed strips (julienne)
• 1 cupful atom vino vinegar
• 1 cupful water
• 1/2 spoon salt
• 1/4 spoon full achromatic peppercorns
• 1/4 spoon fennel seeds
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 sprig thyme

For the dressing

• 1 cupful salted plum (ume) paste (available astatine Asian markets)
• 1/2 cupful atom vino vinegar
• 1/2 cupful mirin
• 1 spoon dashi (available astatine Japanese markets)
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 spoon peeled and chopped caller ginger root

For the slaw

• 2 scallions, achromatic and light-green parts, chopped into long, THREE-INCH PIECES AND CUT INTO bladed strips (julienne) (1 CUP)
• Vegetable oil, for frying (about 6 cups)
• 1 (4 ounces) taro root, peeled and chopped into precise bladed julienne (may substitute a russet potato)
• Salt, arsenic needed
• 2 ounces atom vermicelli noodles, pulled isolated into 2 sections
• 1 ample (1 pound) unpeeled English (seedless) cucumber, chopped into julienne (2 cups)
• 1 ample (6 ounces) carrot, peeled and chopped into julienne (1 1/4 cup)
• 1 tiny (1 pound) jicama, peeled and chopped into julienne (3 1/2 cups)
• 1 (7 ounces) daikon radish, peeled, trimmed and chopped into julienne (3 cups)
• 2 ample (8 ounces) Roma tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped into bladed slices
• 4 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds
• 6 teaspoons crushed toasted hazelnuts
• 4 teaspoons fried shallots (available successful Asian markets; whitethorn substitute 1 ample shallot, chopped into bladed slices and fried)
• 4 teaspoons edible angiosperm petals
• 4 teaspoons micro purple basil
• 4 teaspoons micro beet greens
• 4 teaspoons daikon sprouts (available astatine Asian markets)
• 2 tablespoons pickled ginger