Siu Mai - Cantonese Steamed Pork Dumplings

A classic and an all time favourites when going to Chinese restaurants, steaming from a bamboo steamer.  But it is very easy to make, and most ingredients are easily acquired. This is my mum recipe for making wontons, so when i make wontons i tend to make siu mai as well.

Ingredients:

200g   Minced Pork
150g   Fresh Prawns (Diced)
2         Dried Shitake/Chinese Mushroom (Soaked in hot water and chopped)
2tspn   Salt
4tspn   Sugar
2tspn   MSG (optional)
1tspn   Sesame Oil
1tspn   Light Soya sauce
2Tspn  Corn flour
2tspn   Vegetable Oil
1         Egg White (optional)


1packet  WonTon Pastry/Skins

Instructions:

1) Mix all the ingredients together and mix well. The put in fridge for 20mins.
2) Get a pile of Wonton pastry and cut 4 corners off to make an octagan shape
3)Put the wonton pastry resting on thumb & forefinger, and paste enough filling until its into shape
4) Put it either in a bamboo steamer or a plate and put it in a steamer for 15minutes.

Just enjoy it with a little soya sauce/sesame oil dip.