CAROB VEGETARIAN NYONYA CHANG
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CAROB VEGETARIAN NYONYA CHANG
(Vegetarian Nyonya Glutinous Rice Dumplings)
Ingredients for spices:
25g coriander seeds
20g white pepper seeds
2 small cekur root(roasted)
Ingredients for vege-meat filling:
400g minced vegemeat
30g mushroom(soaked and diced)
110g winter melon sugar
4 tbsp cooking oil
35g minced bean paste
60g Carob Syrup
40g Water
100g Roasted, pounded peanut
Ingredients for glutinous rice:
500g glutinous rice(Soak for 4hours)
1 tbsp cooking oil
1 tsp fine salt
200ml mushroom soaking water
3 tbsps thick blue pea flower juice
Preparing spices:
- Combine coriander seeds,white pepper seeds in dry frying pan, stir-fry over medium heat for 5-6 minutes until fragrant then roast cekur root and set aside to cool completely.
- When fully cooled, process into spices powder using a grinder.
- Sift the spices powder, discard any coarse leftover.
Preparing vegemeat filling:
- Prepare vegemeat, mushroom and winter melon sugar into tiny cubes.
- Preheat frying pan, add in cooking oil, add in bean paste and cook until fragrant.
- Add in vegemeat, cook for a while, then add in mushroom and continue cooking for 1 minute.
- Add in spices gradually, mix until well combined.
- Add in winter melon sugar,Carob syrup and water mix well. (Reminder: Nyonya Chang should tastes slightly sweet, this recipe has 60 g of Carob Syrup added, you may adjust the amount of sugar added according to your own preference.)
- Lastly,add in pounded peanut.Stir well.
Preparing glutinous rice:
- Drain the soaked glutinous rice for 4 hours and above.
- Preheat cooking oil, then add in glutinous rice and cook for 1 minute.
- Add salt to mushroom soaking water, mix well, add in gradually to glutinous rice while stir-frying, cook about few minutes.
- Put the Glutinous rice mixture in a steaming tray. Steam about 20minutes, open the lid and stir well. Then steam for another 25minutes or until the glutinous rice is cooked.
- Take out about 1/3 of glutinous rice. Mix thick blue pea flower juice into the glutinous rice.
Making dumplings:
- Rinse bamboo string with water (to prevent it from breaking easily).
- Fold 2 pieces of bamboo leaves into cup shape.
- Wet the hand, put blue glutinous rice at the bottom, make a hole in the centre, put in 1 portion of filling, then top with white glutinous rice.
- Wet the hand again, press the glutinous rice until firm, wrap the dumpling properly, then tie with bamboo string.
- Bring a large pot of water to the boil, steam the dumplings over rapidly boiling water for about 40minutes.Remove and serve.
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