Siew Mai

Ingredients:

3x Water chestnut (chopped)
300g Minced meat (mixed)
250g prawns (clean & diced)
30g dried Shiitake mushroom
1 stalk spring onion
1 stalk coriander leaves
salt, pepper
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp corn oil
2 tbsp corn starch (mondamin)

1 big red chilli, deseeded (chopped)
1 can crab meat (optional)
1 egg white

250g Wanton wrappings
water

Method:

Pour boiling water over the dried shiitake mushrooms and soak till soft for about 20 mins. Slice and then dice in small pieces. Chop spring onions and coriander leaves finely. Mix them all together with the mince meat and prawns, adding salt, pepper and sesame oil, oil and corn starch. Mix well and cover, and leave aside in the fridge for about 15 mins.

Take about a teaspoonful of filling into a piece of wanton wrap. Wet the ends with water. Fold the rectangle half, making it a triangle. Now take the bottom 2 ends and wet them and press this firmly together. There are videos available to show you how to form them. You could try forming them into a cup by gathering the ends of your round wrap. But I found it much easier to shape them like won tans. Grease your steamer , and steam them for 12-15 mins. This make about 50, so make sure you either have multiple stories of steaming baskets or you’ll have to do them in different turns.