Jiangnan, China
Qingtuan
Bright green rice dumplings that look like spring decided to become a snack.
80 minTime
12 gProtein each
mildSpice
A Qingming dumpling2 chapters · 1 min readMake it your way
Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original395kcal
12 gprotein
4 gfibre
80minutes
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.
Ingredients
Method
6 steps- 1Blend the spinach with the water and strain through a fine sieve, pressing well. Bring the juice to a boil.
- 2Heat 1 tbsp oil and fry the tofu until golden. Add the shiitake, bamboo shoot and zha cai and stir fry 3 minutes. Season with soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar and pepper, add spring onion and sesame oil and cool.
- 3Mix the glutinous rice flour, wheat starch and remaining sugar. Pour in the hot green juice gradually and knead with 1 tsp oil into a smooth, soft dough.
- 4Divide into 12. Flatten each into a cup, add a spoon of filling, close and roll into a smooth ball.
- 5Set on oiled squares of parchment and steam over boiling water for 12 minutes.
- 6Brush with the remaining oil while hot.
Serve it like this
Serve on their parchment squares on a plate, with soy and chilli oil on the side.
