Canton Dumpling

Ingredients
Marinade each ingredient individually overnite
All ingredients to be marinated with 5-6 tbsp of oil or as required, 1 pinch of salt or as required & 2-3 tbsp of 5 spice or as required

• 1kg Pork belly meat – cut into cubes

Wash & soak in water overnite before marinating


• 1kg Mung beans


• 1kg Sticky Rice


• A handful of Chinese Dried Mushrooms


• A handful of Dried Water Chestnut


• A handful of Dried Prawns


• A handful of Dried Mussles


• 1-2 packet of Dried Lotus Leaves


Additional Ingredients

• A dozen Salty Egg yolks only
• Strings
• A big pot filled with 3/4 water - bring to boil


Method of Cooking
1. Mung beans & Sticky rice - drained water and marinade as discussed above
2. Take 2-3 Lotus leaves & make a funnel. Place a tbsp of sticky rice at the bottom of the funnel.
3. Add in a tbsp of mung beans and a teaspoon of the each ingredients.
4. Top with sticky rice at the top of funnel


5. Wrap and tie with strings
6. Repeat till ingredients are finished


7. Place uncooked dumplings into boiling water and cooked for 2 hours
8. Turn dumpling & cooked for a further 2 hours



Optional Ingredients
• A handful of Dried Prawns - soaked overnite & blended
• 2-3 large onions - blended
• 5-6 Chillies - blended
• A Can of Tomato Paste
• A tbsp of oil

Method of Cooking
1. Place oil in cooking pan along with blended onions
2. Once onions had turned brown, add in chillies
3. Fry for 1-2 minutes then add in dried blended prawns
4. Once all ingreadients are cooked, add in tomato paste
5. Stir evenly & turn off heat
6. Leave to cool
7. Take 2-3 Lotus leaves & make a funnel. Place a tbsp of sticky rice at the bottom of the funnel.
8. Add in chillie cooked dried prawns
9. Covered with sticky rice
10. Wrap and tie with strings
11. Repeat till ingredients are finished
12. Place uncooked dumplings into boiling water and cooked for 1.5 hours
13. Turn dumpling & cooked for a further 1.5 hours