Hong Kong
Crystal veg dumplings
Glass skinned little windows into a very colourful filling.
60 minTime
2 gProtein each
mildSpice
Make it your way
Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original249kcal
2 gprotein
2 gfibre
60minutes
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.
Ingredients
Method
5 steps- 1Heat 2 tsp oil on high and stir fry the garlic, ginger, carrot, mushroom, corn and cabbage for 3 minutes. Add the soy sauce, salt and pepper, then the cornflour slurry, and stir until glossy. Add spring onion and sesame oil and cool.
- 2Mix the wheat starch and tapioca starch. Pour in the boiling water, stir fast, cover and leave 5 minutes. Knead in the remaining oil until smooth.
- 3Keep the dough covered. Roll 20 small balls and press each into a thin 8 cm circle with an oiled flat knife or a rolling pin.
- 4Fill with a spoon of filling, fold into a half moon and pinch small pleats along the edge.
- 5Steam on oiled parchment over rapidly boiling water for 6 minutes and serve straight away with chilli oil.
Serve it like this
Serve in a parchment lined bamboo steamer with chilli oil and soy in small dishes.
