Saturday 16 June 2018

: NYONYA CHANG 娘惹粽子

* this is my estimated recipe, taste adjust according to individual. 


INGREDIENTS:

- 700gm White Glutinous Rice
Seasoning:
- 1tbsp Salt
- 1tbsp Pepper
- 3tbsp Shallot Oil

- 300gm Glutinous Rice (blue pea in colour)
Seasoning:
- 1tsp Salt
- 1tsp Pepper
- 2tbsp Shallot Oil
- 40 Pieces Dried Blue Pea Flwers for the blue colour
- 80ml water boil with blue pea flowers

- Bamboo leaves & strings - boiled, washed and soaked. 
- Pandan  Leaves - cut into small pieces to top on rice .
- 6 pcs  Pandan  leaves - to cook with the dumplings

* FILLINGS :

- 1Kg Pork Collar/Shoulder - cut into small cubes or minced.
- 20pcs Dried Mushrooms - soaked and cut cubes
- 1thumb size Cekur (sand ginger) - chopped 
200gm Winter Melon - chopped smaller pieces
- 20pcs Shallots - peeled and diced
- 1tbsp Salt
- 3tbsp Raw Sugar
- 1tbsp Pepper
- 3tbtp Dark Soy Sauce
- 180ml water
- 20 gram Coriander Powder


RICE PART:

* Wash glutinous rice until water runs clear.
* Separate the glutinous rice into 2 parts (750gm & 250gm)
* Add also enough water to the bigger portion of rice and allow to soak overnight. (750gm)
* Boil blue pea flower with water then leave to cool and strained.
* Once cooled, add the blue coloured water into the smaller portion of the rice.(250gm)
* Add sufficient water to ensure the rice is fully submerged. Leave to soak overnight.


* Drain the white glutinous rice that was soaked overnight.
* Add in seasoning and mix well.
* Drain the soaked blue coloured glutinous rice.
* Add in seasoning and mix well.


STEPS/METHOD:

1. Peel and dice shallots.
2. Wash and cut pork into smaller cubes/diced. 
3. Wash and soak dried mushrooms till softened, cut into small cubes.
4. Dice winter melon into small pieces.
5. Heat up a pan, add 3tbsp oil and fry the diced shallots until fragrant.
6. Add in pork, cekur and followed by mushrooms .
7. Stir fry until all well mixed.
8. Add in pepper, salt and raw sugar, stir fry until the pork and mushrooms aromatic. 
9. Add in chopped winter melon and dark sauce. Stir evenly to mixed all ingredients.
10. Then add in water and stir well.
11. Cover with a lid and allow to simmer over low heat until the flavours are combined and the filling is not too wet.
12. At this point, add in the coriander powder and mix well. 
13. Taste to make sure is flavourful enough.
14. Dish up and set aside to cool
15 Once cooled, cover or keep in refrigerator until is ready to wrap.


COOKING THE DUMPLINGS:








* Bring a pot of water to a rapid boil over high heat, add in 2tsp salt. Add a few knotted bunches of pandan leaves.
* Slowly place the dumplings into the water, making sure they are fully submerged. Cover and cook slowly over small firr for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours depending on size.
* Once they are cooked, remove from the pot immediately to remove excess water and cool.

**Recipe adapted from Huang Kitchen **


1 comment:

  1. Enjoy reading your recipes posted. Just shared this to my FB post as one of my friends did ask about this recipe.

    ReplyDelete

ABALONE WITH JELLYFISH

  18 pcs Frozen Shell Abalone (thawed) 150gm Season Jellyfish (store bought from don don donki) 1tsp Sesame Oil  1tbsp Light Soy Sauce  Thai...