Chiu Chow Fun Gor (Teochew Dumplings) 潮州粉果

Enjoying freshly made piping hot delicious dim sum dumplings right at home!

Ingredients
Dough
140g wheat starch (3/4 cup)
180g tapioca starch (1 cup)
60g cornstarch (1/3 cup)
360 ml water 

Fillings
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/4 tsp salt
40g re-hydrated dried shrimp - roughly chopped
3 re-hydrated dried mushrooms - diced
50g preserved radish
180g minced pork
20g diced pork fat
250g diced jicama
2 sliced shallots
handful of fried peanuts
100g chives - finely chopped
80g celery - finely chopped
120ml soaking mushroom water

Method
To prepare the ingredients

1. Add oil to pan.  Fry sliced shallots till aromatic.  Add preserved radish and fry over medium heat.  Add chopped mushrooms and fry for a while..  Push aside all ingredients.  Add a little oil and fry the dried shrimp until lightly browned and aromatic.  Mix all ingredients and fry to mix well.  Remove from pan and set aside.
2. Add 1tbsp oil to pan.  Fry pork fat for about 1 minute, add pork and continue to fry for a while.  Return the previously fried ingredients to the pan.  Fry over medium heat.
3. Add sugar.  Switch to low heat.  Add oyster sauce, ground pepper, 5-spice powder, soy sauce.  Fry to combine well.
4. Add diced jicama and fry for a minute.  Drizzle shaoxing wine and do a quick stir fry.  Add soaked mushroom water and mix well.  Cover and cook for a few minutes.  Remove cover and check seasonings.  Add salt if it is too bland.  
5. Stir in cornstarch solution and fry to mix well.  Add chopped celery and fry for a while.  Add chives and cilantro.  Turn off heat. Drizzle sesame oil and toss to combine well.
6. Pour cooked ingredients into a large bowl for use in fillings.  When the ingredients are cooled, mix in fried peanuts. 

To make the dough

1. Place all dough flour mix into a large bowl.  Add salt and mix.
2. Pour in boiling water while stirring the flour mix.  Add vegetable oil.  Knead into a dough.  Cover and let it rest for 20 minutes.
3. Roll the rested dough and divide into parts to form into ball shape.
4. Roll out to flatten each ball.  If it is too sticky, sprinkle some tapioca starch on the work surface.  Add 1 tbsp of ingredients onto the centre of the wrapper and fold the bottom half upwards to seal it.  Create pleats on the dumplings. Repeat for the rest of the wrappers.
5. Prepare a steamer.  Place wrapped dumplings on a basket steamer and steam for 15 minutes.
6. Enjoy these delicious dim sum right at home!