Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Siew Mai


Siew Mai – adapt from Leong Yee Soo's book 

Ingredients: 
A) 
1 tsp cooking wine 
1 tbsp light soy sauce 
½ tsp salt 
1 tsp sugar 
½ tsp sesame oil 
2 tsp cornflour 
1 tbsp ginger juice 
1/2 small egg 
1 tbsp chopped spring onion 

B) 
250g minced pork 
100g prawns, shelled, deveined and cut 

some chopped carrot 
wan tan skins, obtainable from local supermarket 


Method: 
1. Mix A in a bowl. Add B. Mix well and let it rest in the fridge for about ½ hour. 

2. Cut off the four corners if the egg skins. Place 1 ½ tsp of the meat mixture in the centre of the each skin. Enclose filling with egg skin, so the top filling is seen. Flatten base of each siew mai. Spoon a little chopped carrot on the top as garnish. 

3. Steam over rapid boiling water for 7 min or till cooked. Serve hot with chilli sauce.

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