Steamed shui mai dumplings

Steamed shui mai dumplings

Easier than they look and healthy too, experiment this weekend

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 40 minutes

Freezable

Method

  1. Finely chop the prawns and mix with the pork, water chestnuts, spring onions, ginger, soy sauce, rice wine, sesame oil and white pepper.
  2. Put rounded teaspoons of filling into the centre of each wonton wrapper and lightly dampen the edges with water. Gather up the corners around the filling and gently pinch and seal to form purse-like dumplings. Cover and chill until you need them.
  3. Lightly oil the base of two bamboo steamer trays (if you only have one, you'll have to do this in two batches). Arrange the dumplings in the steamer trays, allowing a little space around each one. Lay a double sheet of kitchen towel over the top of the steamer and clamp lid shut. Pour a couple of cm water into a wok and bring to boil. Put the steamer in a wok, making sure the water is not touching the base of steamer, for 5-6 minutes. If your steamer lid doesn't fit tightly, put a sheet of kitchen paper between the top tray of the steamer and the lid.
  4. Mix all the dipping sauce ingredients together and serve with the dumplings.
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No wonton wrappers?

This recipe uses wonton wrappers but if you can't find them, wrap the mixture in small baby gem leaves (so it looks like a roll with the ends tucked in).

Per serving

143 kcalories, protein 9.6g, carbohydrate 19.5g, fat 3.2 g, saturated fat 0.8g, fibre 0.6g, salt 1.48 g

Recipe from olive magazine, October 2006.

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  • 19 May 2008

    Marieken rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Fun to make and fun to eat! We had them as part of our main meal with some stirfried veggies and a leftover portion noodle salad. I also served (very ordinary and cheap) sweet chilisauce alongside, which went down just as well (if not better) than the home-made dip.

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  • 10 October 2008

    dandifiedviolence commented on this recipe

    The ebst dipping sauce has to be chilli oil, the pungent asian sort with shrimp.

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  • 13 August 2010

    Catherine commented on this recipe

    by what can the water chestnuts be replaced?

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  • 16 September 2010

    Andrew commented on this recipe

    maybe bamboo shoots... they need some crunch to the texture

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  • 03 February 2011

    Meenie commented on this recipe

    Any idea if any of the major supermarkets stock wonton wrappers?

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  • 03 November 2011

    head chef commented on this recipe

    It's easy to make your own wonton wrappers. This recipe yields about 24 wonton wrappers. Prep Time: 1 hour Total Time: 1 hour Ingredients: �1 egg �3/4 teaspoon salt �2 cups all-purpose flour �1/3 to 1/2 cup water, as needed �Extra flour as needed Preparation: Lightly beat the egg with the salt. Add 1/4 cup water. Sift the flour into a large bowl. Make a well in the middle and add the egg and water mixture. Mix in with the flour. Add as much of the remaining water as necessary to form a dough. (Add more water than the recipe calls for if the dough is too dry). Form the dough into a ball and knead for about 5 minutes, or until it forms a smooth, workable dough. Cover and let rest for 30 minutes. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll out until very thin, and cut into 3 1/2-inch squares. Store in a plastic bag in the refrigerator or freezer until ready to use. Enjoy

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  • 19 May 2013

    Mbaber commented on this recipe

    I don't have a bamboo steamer, what can I use instead of one or can you buy them at super markets?

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 40 minutes

Freezable

Ingredients

  • 100g raw prawns , peeled and deveined
  • 100g minced pork
  • 1 spring onion , finely sliced
  • 3 water chestnuts , finely chopped
  • ½ tsp root ginger , peeled and finely minced
  • 1 light soy sauce
  • 1 tsp dry sherry or rice wine
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • pinch ground white pepper
  • 24 wonton wrappers

DIPPING SAUCE

  • light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp marin
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp coriander chopped
  • ½ red chilli , finely sliced into rings (remove seeds if you want)
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Per serving

143 kcalories, protein 9.6g, carbohydrate 19.5g, fat 3.2 g, saturated fat 0.8g, fibre 0.6g, salt 1.48 g

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