Chai Kuik - Steamed Crystal Dumplings 菜果糕

Hurray ! This is the Chai Kuik that I have made successfully this week.
This is the recipe....

Wrapper
200g wheat starch
100g glutinous rice flour
150g tapioca flour
3/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp cooking oil
1 tsp shallot oil
550 boiling water

filling
100g pork
50g dried shrimps
500g sweet turnip
1 small piece pork lard
50g prawn
4 nos shallot

Seasoning
1 tsp salt
1.5 tsp sugar
0.25 tsp monosodium glutamate
1 tsp pepper

method

1. 1. to make filling, heat up 3 tbsp oil to fragrant the shredded pork lard, shallots, dried shrimps, pork dices and shredded sweet turnips. add in seasoning and stir well. Remove from heat. leave to cool.


2. to make wrapper : combine salt with boiling water. Mix flours together, then pour in salted boiling water gently and stirring constantly with chopsticks until from into a dough. Rest covered for 5 mis. Remove, add in cooking oil and shallot oil to kneed until form into smooth dough.
   


3. Divide the dough into each 40g or 50g. Wrap in some filling to form a dumpling shapes. Steam over medium heat for approximately 6 mins till done. Serve hot with Chilli sauce.

by Thomas Wang