Nyonya Glutinous Rice Dumpling Recipes

Ingredients :

100g dried mushrooms

300g lean pork

1kg glutinous rice

3 tbsp stir-fried garlic

2 tsp salt

2 tbsp garlic (sliced)

2 tbsp shallots (sliced)

100g preserved winter melon (diced)

20 pieces pandan leaves (or 40 bamboo leaves)

20 pieces hemp strings

Seasoning:

1/2 tbsp pepper

1.5 tbsp coriander powder

1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce

2 tsp light soy sauce

1. Filling: Soak dried mushrooms till soft. Drain and dice finely. Cook lean pork in boiling water. Drain and dice finely. Reserve stock that has been used to boil pork/

2. Rinse glutinous rice. Drain. Soak in pork stock together with 3 tbsp stir-fried garlic for 8 hours. Remove glutinous rice, drain again then mix with 2 tsp salt.

3. Heat 12 cup oil in wok till hot. Stir-fry garlic and shallots till fragrant. Add pork, mushrooms and winter melon then stir-fry thoroughly. Stir in seasoning. Divide filling into 20 portions then set aside.

4. Take 1 piece of pandan leaf (of 2 pieces of bamboo leaves stacked together). Fold near bottom 1/3 of leaves and shape into cone.

5. Spoon in 1 tbsp glutinous rice. Add 1 portion of filling then cover with 2 tbsp glutinous rice. Wrap up and shape into triangular parcel. Tie securely with a hemp string.

6. Boil a large pot of water and boil rice dumplings for 3 hours. Top up with boiling water to ensure that water covers rice dumplings completely at all times. Remove and hang dry.

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