Ingredients
For the dumpling wrappers:
50 gms potato starch
50 gms of wheat starch
80 ml water
Shrimp dumpling:
10 gms shrimps
80 gms lobster
1/2 tsp Sichuan peppercorn oil (store bought)
10 gms white asparagus
Abalone dumpling:
50 gms chicken thighs
10 gms shrimps
50 gms mushroom
2 abalones
Mala sauce cod dumpling:
15 gms shrimps
10 gms cod
10 gms squid
10 gms onion
10 gms ginger
1/2 tsp Mala sauce (made with Sichuan peppercorn and chili, store bought)
Saffron vegetable dumpling:
50 gms cabbage
50 melon
10 gms carrots
5 gms bamboo shoots
5 gms water chestnut
Saffron to garnish
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp vegetarian oyster sauce
1/2 tsp shiitake mushroom powder
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp white pepper
1/2 tsp sesame oil
Method
Procedure for making dumpling wrappers:
1. Mix the potato starch and wheat starch thoroughly.
2. Slowly add boiling hot water, stirring constantly until the potato starch and wheat starch become transparent and form a dough.
3. Roll the wrapper dough out until translucent and cut using a circle cookie cutter.
Shrimp dumpling filling:
1. Devein the shrimps, remove the shell, add salt, sugar, scallion oil, vegetable oil, 1 tablespoon of ice water, put it in a blender, and mix until combined.
Abalone dumpling filling:
1. First, remove tendons and bones from the chicken thighs, cut them into small pieces and set aside.
2. Marinate the shrimps in oyster sauce. Next, add the chopped abalone to the chicken, scallops, fried ginger slices, and fried green onions. Then add the marinated shrimps into the mixture.
Mala sauce cod dumpling filling:
2. Remove the skin from the cod and cut into small cubes.
3. Mince the squid, shrimp, ginger, green onion, and add mala sauce. Mix thoroughly.
Saffron vegetable dumpling:
1. The saffron is soaked in hot water in advance to bloom. Use the saffron to garnish your dumplings once wrapped.
2. Finely chop the melon, carrots, cabbage, bamboo shoots, and water chestnut.
3. Add all the cut vegetables in hot water and blanch for 30 seconds, scoop out and squeeze the water out.
4. Add salt, vegetarian oyster sauce, shiitake mushroom powder, sugar, white pepper, sesame oil, sauté until fragrant. Your filling is ready.
Making the dumplings:
1. Use a teaspoon of your filling and put it in the centre of the wrapper then fold over and seal. You can also use your fingers to form pleats.
2. Place the dumplings in a bamboo steamer, making sure each dumpling is not touching the other and cover with the lid. Bring 1 inch of water to a simmer in a pan that the steamer can hover over. Place the steamer on top and steam for 7 to 10 minutes.
Note: You can use any shape of your choice to form the dumplings.
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