It’s time for Chinese Dumplings! And I’m so looking forward to dumplings made by my mum. It’s a show of her love for us because making these dumplings take so much effort. From buying huge bulk of the ingredients such as bamboo leaves, bamboo veins, glutinous rice, pork, mushrooms, chestnuts and spices. And she needs to chop up the meat and pluck out the bitter veins from the chestnuts. Saved for the spices and meat, she needs to soak all the ingredients in water overnight to soften them. Then she spends lots of time wrapping the dumplings and cooking each batch for 3 hours. The whole process takes more than 12 hours. And yes, the kitchen is so hot.
Despite the tedious work, she wants to make these dumplings for her children because we are so fussy about the dumplings we eat. We only eat dumplings made by our mum. I had brought dumplings from restaurants and stores, and none manages to make me go back a second time for them. Too oily, too salty, you get the drift.
Thus I want to post about the best dumplings (to me), made with most amount of love, here 💖
