Nonya Dumplings -A family recipe that has proven to be immensely popular!!!They are fragrant and scrumptious with just the right balance of sweetness and saltiness.
Crystal Dumplings(Kee Zhangs)- These are served with a gula melaka sauce or kaya. A must have during the dumpling festival.
30 pcs dried bamboo leaves(boiled for 1 hour)
3 cups glutinous rice(soaked overnight and drained)
5-6 cloves garlic(minced)
1 tsp 5 spice powder
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp dark soy(caramel) sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
2 tbsp oil
(B)
300 gm or 3 pc boneless breast chicken
20 pc dried oyster(soaked overnight)*optional*
15 pc shitake mushroom(soaked and sliced)
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp caramel soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp 5 spice powder
Method:
Prepared bamboo leaves and plastic string (or hemp) in advance.Boiled the leaves for an hour and clean again with cold water before drained.Set aside.
1:Heat up 2 tbsp oil,saute minced garlic until fragrant,add glutinous rice and all seasoning (A) and stir-fry until well mixed.Taste and dish up,set aside in a big bowl.
2:Heat up 1 tbsp oil,saute with minced garlic until fragrant.Add on boneless breast,shitake mushroom,oyster and all the seasoning,stir fried until mixed well.(don't have to dry up ,just half cook since it's going to boil for hours).dish up and set aside in another big bowl.
Wrapping method:
1:Use 2 pieces of bamboo leaves to fold into a cone shape.Fill in 1/2 tbsp glutinous rice,one piece of chicken,one piece mushroom and one oyster .Top with another 1/2 tbsp glutinous rice to cover the ingredients.
2:Press the rice firm and cover the extended ends of leaves an form into the shape of triangle.Tie and secure with plastic string.(I don't have hemp) .Repeat the wrapping procedure until all the glutinous rice finish.
3:Prepared 4 liter water in boiling pot,pot must big enough to cook all the dumpling.
4:When the water is rolling boil ,add in the whole bunch of dumpling,pour in more water to cover all the dumpling if necessary.Boil the dumpling for 3-4 hours.
5:Removed the dumpling from the pot and hang up to drip dry.Serve it hot or warm. I like to eat my zhang(dumpling) with chili sauce.How about you?
Note:
The dumplings must be immersed in boiling water all the time during cooking.If not some part of the rice is still raw.You can be creative with your own ingredients,don't have to be traditional zhang recipe.You notice I didn't have pork or pork belly in my zhang,the reason I don't have any pork in hand,so I subtitues with boneless chicken.You can add dried shrimp,chestnut,spicy sambal or any meat. I wrapped 20 pieces zhang with above ingredients but 3 pieces of my zhang open during boiling.That mean I still need more practise ,practise and practise!!..Enjoy!!

10 comments:
Good job Lesley. Its hard wrapping that chang.. and you did very well for your first time. I daren't even try cos I remember when I was young and helping my mom. I wrapped so badly I daren't try.
Well done! You did an excellent job considering this was your first time. Nice cone shape you have there and can I have some pleaseeeee!
JOAT:
thank you:).yes,it's not an east task especially wrapping the bamboo leave...but I tried!!hahaha!!.I'm sure the ready make is much easier but I never buy one from Chinatown make by people from Big Six,more rice than the "lui"..Try few time,maybe you will get better,who know,rite?I'm sure your children will love your homemade zhang!
LCOM:
Thank you*blushing*.I still need to learn from sifu especially the wrapping skill.Luckily the bamboo leaves is cheap here,so I just throw away if it's tore.I gave some to my neighbour today.Catch it,I'm going to throw you some"hop"!hahaha!!
walio looks so yummy! Sunny's bro make some lotus leaf zhang for us !
wow! Bravo! You are really brave to venture into it. A lot of work to make a chang. My mom makes only Nonya type and I miss eating her chang for many years already :(
Beachlover,
you did good with wrapping in a cone shape. I couldn't even imagine how to do it. This recipe is too difficult for me the beginner. ;-)
Love yr dumplings. Missed my sis. savoury dumpling this year. I cannot master the wrapping skills after so many tries.
BBO:
Sid ,can you save some Sunny lotus for me?:)
cooking ninja:
Thank you:)) yes I always like to try out new stuffs especially cooking and baking!
yatie:
Do you really wanna to try making chang?.At first try plain rice to wrap for beginner,so you won't waste if it's not succese.It's fun but alot of hard work.Can you get bamboo leaves in FL?.If not let me know..email me:))
sweet jasmine:
Yes I understand alot of ppls can cook and bake but can't master the skill of wrapping zhang!! I'm only of them too:))
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