Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, prawns har gow. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Prawns Har gow is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Prawns Har gow is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
Har Gow is the transliteration of the Chinese term 蝦餃, means shrimp dumpling. Along with Shumai and Char Siu Bao , they form the triumvirate of the world famous Cantonese Dim Sum. Har Gow is by far the most artistry one, with the bright pink chunks of fresh shrimps veiled thought the thin, stretchy, chewy, delicate and translucent wrapper.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have prawns har gow using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Prawns Har gow:
- Make ready Shrimp Filling
- Take 500 grams raw prawns
- Prepare 50 grams bamboo shoot (rinse thoroughly and squeeze out excess water, finely chopped)
- Get 50 grams pork fat (optional; mince finely into paste)
- Get 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
- Make ready 1 tsp soysauce
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
- Take 1 teaspoon granulated white sugar
- Make ready 2-3 teaspoons sesame oil
- Take 1-2 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
- Get 1/2 tablespoon corn starch
- Get Dough
- Take You can buy ready make har gow wrapper in some big asian grocery shop but here is ingredients for you
- Make ready 50 grams all-purpose flour
- Prepare 50 grams tapioca starch
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon vegetable oil
- Prepare 160 grams boiling water (240 mL or about 2/3 cups)
This is why, on many menus, Har Gow is also named "crystal shrimp dumpling. Har gow is one of the most popular Cantonese dim sum. There is nothing not to love about these translucent skin shrimp dumplings, with plump and juicy shrimp wrapped inside the clear dumpling skin. Originated from Guangzhou, China, these dainty shrimp dumplings have won the world over and become a staple Chinese food in Chinatown.
Steps to make Prawns Har gow:
- Cut raw prawns in half vertical way and take the black bit off. Bash it and coarsely chop them.
- Coarsely chop some bamboo shoots and transfer both to a medium-sized bowl. Add finder chopped pork fat. Season with oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, white pepper, sesame oil, Shaoxing cooking wine and corn starch.
- To make the dumplings, apply oil to the back side of a knife. Use the backside of that knife to flatten the dough into a circle, with one side slightly thicker than the other. The thicker side will be the base of the filling. The other side will be the delicate pleated folds.
- If you are making dough from scratch; Here is the method how to make Har gow dough. In a bowl of a stand mixer, mix together plain flour, tapioca starch and salt. Then add boiling water a little at a time and knead until the dough comes together. Add oil until you get a soft ball that pulls cleanly away from the sides of the mixing bowl.
- Roll the dough into a thin log and cut out pieces of 10-12 g each. Keep the dough covered at all times to prevent drying.
- Here is the store bought one you can use but if you use store bought one you need some water to bind the both sides dough together. Place filling off-centre on the thicker base.
- Fold the thinner side of the wrapper over and pinch it to make pleats from one end with your fingers then use your thumb and index finger, start making a pleat. As you fold each pleat, press the folded pleat tightly against the back part of wrapper using your other thumb and index finger.
- Traditionally they make 13 (for lucky number) in the Chinese restaurant and I managed to do about 10.
- Oil the base of the bamboo steamer to prevent dumplings from sticking. You can also place each dumpling on a small piece of wax paper. Steam for 6 minutes over high heat. Serve immediately with a soy or chili sauce.
Har gow (har gau, har gao, ha gao) is a Singaporean dim sum favorite. Har Gow are those tasty shrimp dumplings with the translucent wrappers served at Chinese dim sum. The main trick to making Har Gow is handling the dough, which is very sticky and can break apart easily. Har gow or Ha Cao is a traditional Cantonese prawns dumpling. It is prepared with a filling of coarsely chopped shrimp, a bit of pork fat and bamboo shoots.
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