I can have Dim Sums as my main course for lunch and dinner, day after day! I find the delicate flavors of dimsums so refreshing. Best of all, they are so healthy!!
You Need:
Shrimps/ Prawns (I used frozen cleaned, tails removed, de-shelled, semi-cooked) - 1 Cup
Scallions - 1/4 Cup
Coriander leaves/ Cilantro - 2 Tbsp
Garlic (very fine chopped) - 2 tsp
Dipping Sauce : Mix well 3 Tbsp of Soya sauce, 1 tsp of honey, 1tsp of finely chopped ginger and 1 tsp of sesame oil.
1) Blend half the shrimps/prawns in a blender till becomes all sticky and gooey.
2) Now to this, add the scallions, coriander leaves, and 2 tsp of dipping sauce. Give it a pulse. This is to get different textures. By now you should have gooey prawns + roughly chopped pieces of prawns in an aromatic mixture.
3) Add very fine chopped garlic cooked in 1Tbsp of oil on a very very low flame. Basically you are cutting the sharp taste of fresh garlic and adding only a nice garlicy aroma. Mix all this well .
4) Brush some water on one side of the wanton wrapper. On the same side put a teaspoonful of mixture and fold the wrapper to get a shape of a small cup/ pocket with flat base (so that it doesn't tilt while steaming) mouth open.
5) Steam the dim sums for 20 min.
There are a variety of ways to wrap dumplings. Pity I haven't yet taken any video/picture till now. Shall try taking a videos next time I make dim sums. Till then you can watch this video
* For a spicy dipping sauce, just blend whole red chilies, with garlic, lime juice and salt.
**Cooking time depends on the thickness of the wanton wraps and steamer too.
*** If you don't have ready made wanton wrapper, you can make a soft dough made of all purpose flour or maida, oil and water just like you make for chapati.
****You can use any steamer, idli maker. Just make sure, the surface is greased enough to avoid dumplings from sticking.
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