Steamed Foochow Dumplings

Steamed Foochow Dumplings
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Although ER’s father had never handed down the recipe to him, he tried to make Foochow dumplings anyway. With the packet of yanpi bought from Yue Hwa, he made them here for the first time after moving to Punggol 21.

We bought the ingredients days before New Year’s Eve, but was too busy to make them in advance. Today, Chinese New Year’s Eve, with words from him, I helped to prepared and seasoned the filling. While I was busy with getting lunch ready, he did the wrapping and the dumplings were in all shapes and different sizes :) No complains, we only chuckled at the sight including him! The good thing about yanpi is that the finished dumplings were placed on top of each other without the problem of sticking! Steaming, they were placed in an oil plate and steamed in batches in single layer. We like the tasty dumplings although my father-in-law’s dumplings were second to none!