Chicken Flower Dumpling

Introduce

Chef :

Kumkum Chatterjee

Chicken Flower Dumpling

#technique3 #steaming #SSMD #restaurantstyle /post-2 The main ingredients in this dish are chicken mince and Basmati rice.Chicken mince is steamed and made into balls after adding spices and tossed in a bed of rice.It is flavourful and aromatic and a very healthy Chinese dish as the dumplings are steamed and coated with pre soaked rice.It is normally served as an appetiser be it home or restaurant and served with hot and sweet chilli garlic sauce or a bowl of soup.

Ingredient

400 gms

chicken mince

1 tsp

ginger paste

1 tsp

garlic paste

1 tsp

black pepper powder

2 tbsp

cornflour

2 piece

fresh bread crumbs

green chillies chopped

1 tsp

green chilli paste

1 tsp

soya sauce

1/2 tsp

Chinese seasoning /MSG

1 tbsp

finely chopped green capsicum

1 tbsp

grated carrot

To taste

salt

1 cup

long grain basmati rice

1 tsp

oil

1/2 tsp

baking powder

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Soak rice in water for half hour.Meanwhile steam mince till raw smell evaporates.Crush bread in a mixer or wet bread,discard water and mash it with chicken mince.Add ginger garlic paste,chilli sauce,soya sauce,chopped capsicum,grated carrot,black pepper powder,cornflour,chopped green chillies,1tsp refined or sesame seed oil and salt to taste.Add baking powder and mash all.There should not be too much moisture in the dough.

* Step 2

Make small round balls out of the mixture.Spread rice in a plate discarding the water.Toss all balls lightly in the rice and refrigerate for half hour.Steam for 20 minutes covered.There should be some space between the balls while steaming as dumplings will expand.Serve with hot and sweet red chilli garlic sauce as a starter or side dish with a bowl of soup.