Vegetable Dimsum

Ingredients list for Vegetable Dimsum

• ¼ medium Cabbage finely chopped
• 1-2 Spring onions finely chopped
• 6-8 Broccoli finely chopped
• 1 medium Carrot finely chopped
• 7-9 French beans chopped
• + for dusting Refined flour (maida) 1 cup + 4 tablespoons
• as required Iceberg lettuce leaves
• to taste Salt
• to taste Crushed black peppercorns
• 1½ inch Ginger cut into thin strips
• ¼ cup Soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon Sesame seeds (til) toasted
• 1 tablespoon Sesame oil (til oil)

Method

1. Line a bamboo steamer with some lettuce leaves.
2. Take 1 cup flour in a bowl. Add ⅔ cup of warm water and salt and mix well. Set aside for 10-15 minutes.
3. To prepare vegetable mixture, put cabbage, spring onions, broccoli, carrot, French beans, salt and crushed peppercorns in a bowl and mix well.
4. Take remaining flour in another bowl. Add salt and 2 tablespoons water and mix well. Add to prepared flour and knead well. Transfer onto a worktop and knead again. Transfer into a bowl, cover with damp muslin cloth and set aside for 30 minutes.
5. Divide the dough into small equal portions.
6. To prepare harga dimsums, take a dough portion, dust with flour and roll from the edges to make a thin disc. Put in some vegetable mixture, fold, twist the edges to seal and fold the ends.
7. To prepare mouse dimsums, take a dough portion, roll out to make a thin disc, fill in some vegetable mixture, pinch one end, press it in and repeat till end.
8. Heat some water in a non-stick pan and bring water to boil. Place prepared dimsums in lined bamboo steamer, place the steamer in hot water and steam on high heat for 8-10 minutes.
9. To prepare ginger soy dip, heat soy sauce in a non-stick pan. Add some water and ginger, mix well and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add sesame seeds and sesame oil, swirl and cook 2 minutes.
10. Serve the dimsums hot with ginger soy dip.