Saturday, February 8, 2014

Lesson 14: 你今天穿什么?

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Friday, January 31, 2014

做饺子

Basic Chinese Dumplings Recipe

Ingredients 
Ready Made Dumpling Pastry (about 200g worth)
175g minced pork
50g peeled shrimps minced
1 teaspoon salt, pinch of fresh ground pepper (white)
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 table spoon finely chop spring onion
1 table spoon finely chop root ginger
1 teaspoon sugar
200g Chinese cabbage, finely shredded and blanched

Instructions
Mix together the minced pork, shrimps, spring onion, ginger, soy sauce, salt, sugar and cabbage until well blended. Place 1 teaspoon of stuffing on each dumpling pastry, then fold the pastry in half, wet the edge of the pastry with water, and pinch the edges together to close.

Boil the dumplings in boiling water for 2 minute and its ready to serve with vinegar in finely cut fresh root ginger (tradition style) or any sauce you prefer.