Saturday, May 28, 2011

Har Gow and Cho Chef

She came over to cook.
In preparation, I drove to Huntington station to meet her.
She was late.
We went to Springvale for groceries.

Started cooking at 3pm. And finished by 7.
In the process we made 'Har Gow' following a found recipe by Jess Ho

The dumpling skin is hidden under the cloth.
Guts: Tiger Prawn, Pork, Spring Onion, Bomboo Shoots, Rice Wine, Salt, Sugar, Tapioco Starch and
Skin: 1.5 cup Wheat Starch, 3 tea spoons Tapioca Startch, Lard and 1 cup of boiling water for the skin.

In the steamer it goes!

The skin goes translucent after 12-15 minutes.
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Things to improve:
Add Blended Prawn into the mixture to hold all the ingredients together.
Chop ingredients more finely.
Skin is too sticky, fix 1.5 cup of Wheat Starch + 3 teaspoons of Tapioca Starch ratio.
Skin must be thinner. More Water possibly?

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