Easiest Way to Prepare Delicious Mama's Shumai (Siumai) Dumplings

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Easiest Way to Prepare Delicious Mama's Shumai (Siumai) Dumplings Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Mama's Shumai (Siumai) Dumplings. Siu Mai (Cantonese) may also be known as Shumai is one of the favorites in dim sum carts. It is usually wrapped with pork or combined with shrimp. Siu Mai (shumai) is the first thing you grab off the trolleys at Yum Cha.

Here at Mama's Dumpling & Coffee, we select the freshest ingredients in order to create the best XLB on this side of the world.

We want to create an experience that brings a piece of Shanghai to our customers.

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You can have Mama's Shumai (Siumai) Dumplings using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Mama's Shumai (Siumai) Dumplings

  1. It’s 250 grams of Ground pork.

  2. It’s 1 of Japanese leek.

  3. It’s 1/2 of Onion.

  4. It’s 2 tsp of Sake.

  5. Prepare 1 tbsp of Oyster sauce.

  6. You need 1 dash of Salt and pepper.

  7. You need 1 clove of Garlic.

  8. You need 1 dash of Ginger.

  9. You need 1 tbsp of Sugar.

  10. Prepare 1 tsp of Sesame oil.

  11. It’s 1 tsp of Katakuriko.

  12. You need 25 of Shumai (siumai) skins.

Today, Shumai/Siumai (燒賣) or Pork & Prawns Dumpling, is another on the 'must-order' list - well flavoured pork and chunkily cubed succulent prawns; it's always a good combo!

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Mama's Shumai (Siumai) Dumplings step by step

  1. Finely chop the onion and leek. Combine with the ground pork and mix well with your hands..

  2. Add the rest of the ingredients except for the shumai skins, and knead together well..

  3. Put 1 tablespoon of the filling in the middle of each shumai skin, and fold in the 4 corners to wrap it in. Tap the bottom against a flat surface to flatten it to finish..

  4. Line the formed shumai dumplings in a steamer. Leave a little space in between them since they will expand a bit..

  5. I use a microwave steaming bowl I got at a 100 yen shop, but if youre using a conventional stove top steamer, it takes about 13 minutes to cook over medium heat..

  6. Serve with Japanese mustard and soy sauce..

Served on a bed of steamed cabbage, these savory dumplings are simply tasty.

Shumai, or open steamed dumplings, are often associated with Cantonese cuisine.

After all it is one of the most popular dim sum dishes.

What you might not know is that shumai actually originated in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia.

Growing up, northern-style shumai was one of my favorite staples.