Steaming
Cabbage wrapped Dumplings with Pork & Prawns
Cabbage wrapped Dumplings with Pork & Prawns
Recipe created by Uyen Lee - Check out her website for more great recipes: http://www.uyenluu.com/
Ingredients
- 6cm Ginger, peeled & finely chopped
- 1 Shallot, finely chopped
- 1 Spring onion, finely sliced
- 200g Minced pork
- 75g Jerusalem artichoke, peeled & finely chopped (optional)
- 150g King prawns, peeled & chopped into 1cm pieces
- Pinch of pink pepper or black pepper
- Pinch of sugar
- Pinch of salt
Wrapping
- Sweetheart cabbage, spring greens leaves or savoy or a selection of cabbage leaves
- 40-50 Chives (whole)
Sauce
- 4tbs Soy sauce
- 4tsp Brown rice wine vinegar
- 4tbs Maple syrup
- 2 tsp Chili sauce (optional)
Optional accompaniment: Split lentil sticky rice (serves 2)
- 10tbs Glutinous rice
- 2tbs Split red lentils
- Pinch of salt
- Pinch of sugar
Preparation
- Steam 40-50 (include extra for breakages) whole chives for 3 mins in the Cookfresh Professional Glass Steamer. Set aside.
- Prepare the dipping sauce by mixing soy sauce, vinegar, maple syrup and chilli sauce together in a small bowl.
- Put all the dumpling ingredients (except the prawns) into a bowl and mix well together, then mix in the King prawns.
- Slice the stems off the cabbage leaves then put one tablespoon of the dumpling mixture onto a leaf and roll until it is covered then slice off any excess leaf.
- Take a steamed chive and use as a ribbon to tie the cabbage leaf together with the dumpling mixture.
- When you have prepared all the dumplings, steam 12 rolls for 5mins. Serve immediately. Steam the next 12, serve and repeat.
- As they do not take long to cook, these can be prepared a head of time and steam when they are ready to be eaten.
Optional accompaniment: Split lentil sticky rice
- Soak the lentils and glutinous rice in hot water for about an hour then drain and place in the steamer container with holes (without the container lid).
- Season with a pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar and mix together.
- Steam for 15-20 minutes until soft and sticky. Use the container lid to keep it warm. This can be re-steamed for a couple of minutes to heat it up.