Prawns Har gow
Prawns Har gow

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Har Gow (or Chinese prawn dmpling) is an old-school traditional Cantonese Dim Sum serving steaming hot during 'Yam Cha", the time-honored Cantonese version of breakfast tea. The chef usually showcases his culinary craftsmanship by creating multiple pleats on the Har Gow. Har Gow (ha gau or har gau) are the white skinned prawn dumplings that are my personal highlight on any dim sum platter. They are surprisingly easy, fun to make and much cheaper than buying them ready prepared.

Prawns Har gow is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Prawns Har gow is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook prawns har gow using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Prawns Har gow:
  1. Get Shrimp Filling
  2. Get 500 grams raw prawns
  3. Take 50 grams bamboo shoot (rinse thoroughly and squeeze out excess water, finely chopped)
  4. Make ready 50 grams pork fat (optional; mince finely into paste)
  5. Get 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
  6. Take 1 tsp soysauce
  7. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
  8. Get 1 teaspoon granulated white sugar
  9. Make ready 2-3 teaspoons sesame oil
  10. Take 1-2 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
  11. Prepare 1/2 tablespoon corn starch
  12. Take Dough
  13. Make ready You can buy ready make har gow wrapper in some big asian grocery shop but here is ingredients for you
  14. Make ready 1 cup rice flour
  15. Get 1/4 corn flour or tapioca starch
  16. Get 1/4 teaspoon salt
  17. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon vegetable oil
  18. Take 160 grams boiling water (240 mL or about 2/3 cups)

Then add the chopped bamboo shoots, and mix everything together. Har gow: dim sum shrimp dumplings (虾饺) Juicy filling wrapped by translucent skin, Har Gow (dim sum shrimp dumplings) is a pleasure both on your palate and to your eyes. Read my detailed recipe to learn how to make it perfectly. Har gow or Ha Cao is a traditional Cantonese prawns dumpling.

Instructions to make Prawns Har gow:
  1. Cut raw prawns in half vertical way and take the black bit off. Bash it and coarsely chop them.
  2. Coarsely chop some bamboo shoots and transfer both to a medium-sized bowl. Add finder chopped pork fat. Season with oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, white pepper, sesame oil, Shaoxing cooking wine and corn starch.
  3. To make the dumplings, apply oil to the back side of a knife. Use the backside of that knife to flatten the dough into a circle, with one side slightly thicker than the other. The thicker side will be the base of the filling. The other side will be the delicate pleated folds.
  4. If you are making dough from scratch; Here is the method how to make Har gow dough. In a bowl of a stand mixer, mix together plain flour, tapioca starch and salt. Then add boiling water a little at a time and knead until the dough comes together. Add oil until you get a soft ball that pulls cleanly away from the sides of the mixing bowl.
  5. Roll the dough into a thin log and cut out pieces of 10-12 g each. Keep the dough covered at all times to prevent drying.
  6. Here is the store bought one you can use but if you use store bought one you need some water to bind the both sides dough together. Place filling off-centre on the thicker base.
  7. Fold the thinner side of the wrapper over and pinch it to make pleats from one end with your fingers then use your thumb and index finger, start making a pleat. As you fold each pleat, press the folded pleat tightly against the back part of wrapper using your other thumb and index finger.
  8. Traditionally they make 13 (for lucky number) in the Chinese restaurant and I managed to do about 10.
  9. Oil the base of the bamboo steamer to prevent dumplings from sticking. You can also place each dumpling on a small piece of wax paper. Steam for 6 minutes over high heat. Serve immediately with a soy or chili sauce.

Read my detailed recipe to learn how to make it perfectly. Har gow or Ha Cao is a traditional Cantonese prawns dumpling. It is prepared with a filling of coarsely chopped shrimp, a bit of pork fat and bamboo shoots. The prawns filling is lightly seasoned with ground pepper, salt, sugar, sesame oil and Shaoxing cooking wine. Some variations include oyster sauce, minced garlic and ginger.

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