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Here's a recipe that will definitely impress friends and family - a Cantonese classic: Har Gow. This is a prawn dumpling in a translucent dough that looks. It's called Har Gow (虾饺, crystal shrimp dumplings), a classic Cantonese dish that you can find in This is why, on many menus, Har Gow is also named "crystal shrimp dumpling (水晶虾饺)". Har Gow (or Chinese prawn dmpling) is an old-school traditional Cantonese Dim Sum serving steaming hot during 'Yam Cha", the time-honored Cantonese version of breakfast tea.
Prawns Har gow is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Prawns Har gow is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have prawns har gow using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Prawns Har gow:
Make ready Shrimp Filling
Prepare 500 grams raw prawns
Take 50 grams bamboo shoot (rinse thoroughly and squeeze out excess water, finely chopped)
Prepare 50 grams pork fat (optional; mince finely into paste)
Make ready 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
Get 1 tsp soysauce
Get 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
Prepare 1 teaspoon granulated white sugar
Take 2-3 teaspoons sesame oil
Take 1-2 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
Make ready 1/2 tablespoon corn starch
Make ready Dough
Take You can buy ready make har gow wrapper in some big asian grocery shop but here is ingredients for you
Get 1 cup rice flour
Make ready 1/4 corn flour or tapioca starch
Get 1/4 teaspoon salt
Take 1/4 teaspoon vegetable oil
Make ready 160 grams boiling water (240 mL or about 2/3 cups)
The most common filling for har gow is prawn, but we've added some scallop meat to the mix to make. A delicate but flavoursome Chinese yum cha dumpling filled with prawn. Try this recipe for homemade Steamed Crystal Prawn Dumplings (Har Gow). This recipe for Har Gow (dim sum crystal shrimp dumplings) has been a long time coming.
Steps to make Prawns Har gow:
Cut raw prawns in half vertical way and take the black bit off. Bash it and coarsely chop them.
Coarsely chop some bamboo shoots and transfer both to a medium-sized bowl. Add finder chopped pork fat. Season with oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, white pepper, sesame oil, Shaoxing cooking wine and corn starch.
To make the dumplings, apply oil to the back side of a knife. Use the backside of that knife to flatten the dough into a circle, with one side slightly thicker than the other. The thicker side will be the base of the filling. The other side will be the delicate pleated folds.
If you are making dough from scratch; Here is the method how to make Har gow dough. In a bowl of a stand mixer, mix together plain flour, tapioca starch and salt. Then add boiling water a little at a time and knead until the dough comes together. Add oil until you get a soft ball that pulls cleanly away from the sides of the mixing bowl.
Roll the dough into a thin log and cut out pieces of 10-12 g each. Keep the dough covered at all times to prevent drying.
Here is the store bought one you can use but if you use store bought one you need some water to bind the both sides dough together. Place filling off-centre on the thicker base.
Fold the thinner side of the wrapper over and pinch it to make pleats from one end with your fingers then use your thumb and index finger, start making a pleat. As you fold each pleat, press the folded pleat tightly against the back part of wrapper using your other thumb and index finger.
Traditionally they make 13 (for lucky number) in the Chinese restaurant and I managed to do about 10.
Oil the base of the bamboo steamer to prevent dumplings from sticking. You can also place each dumpling on a small piece of wax paper. Steam for 6 minutes over high heat. Serve immediately with a soy or chili sauce.
Try this recipe for homemade Steamed Crystal Prawn Dumplings (Har Gow). This recipe for Har Gow (dim sum crystal shrimp dumplings) has been a long time coming. Home Recipes Dim Sum Har Gow (Dim Sum Shrimp Dumplings). Har gow (dim sum style shrimp dumplings) is my favorite dim sum dessert. Sometimes they are named as crystal shrimp dumplings.
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