How to make Shanghai dumplings (Mushroom, vegetable and meat dumplings)

If you don't cook at home, the house will inevitably feel a little lonely. If a couple doesn't even eat together every day, their relationship is more likely to have problems. Therefore, even if you are busy at work, it is best to cook at home. Shanghai Yuanzi (Mushroom, Vegetable and Meat Dumplings) is simple to make and will not take up too much of the cook's time.

1. Choose the ingredients for the filling. Rapeseed, mushrooms, pork and ginger.

2. Use a meat grinder to grind the pork into minced meat. Wash mushrooms and green vegetables and remove the roots. Rinse the vegetables in water for a while so that there won't be too much water when you chop them. Chop the mushrooms, green vegetables and ginger into small pieces. Drain the green vegetables with gauze and mix with other fillings.

3. Add appropriate amounts of salt, MSG, soy sauce and sugar to the filling.

4. Use your hands to mix and stir in one direction until evenly combined.

5. Let it sit for 10-20 minutes to allow the meat filling to become more flavorful.

6. Add appropriate amount of warm water to glutinous rice flour and knead it into wet dough. It is best to make it in advance and wake up for a few hours.

7. Take a small piece of wet dough.

8. Roll it into a funnel shape with a small bottom and a large top as shown in the picture. Make sure the thickness of the dough is even, otherwise it will break easily when you roll it into balls.

9. Put the meat filling into the dumpling skin. Generally, the meat filling should not exceed the height of the dumpling skin.

10. Slowly gather together and roll into balls according to the method shown in the picture.

11. Make sure to rub your left and right hands together and slowly close the opening. When rubbing the upper part, you also need to exert force on the lower part, otherwise the lower part will easily be rubbed to pieces.

12. Close the edges as shown in the picture.

13. Continue rubbing as shown in the picture. The closing part should be rolled into a pointed cone shape. The bottom is round.

14. After all the dumplings are rolled, place them in a container with glutinous rice flour. Because the dumplings are made of wet glutinous rice flour and are extremely sticky, you need to sprinkle some dry powder on them to prevent them from sticking to the container and breaking when you take them out.

15. Heat a pot and boil water.

16. After the water boils, slowly put the dumplings into the water one by one.

17. All the dumplings are put into the water. Shake the pan slightly so that the dumplings don't stick to the bottom of the pan. Do not use a spatula to flip the dumplings at this time, because the dumplings are still wet when they are just put into the water, and they will easily break or stick together if you flip them. Bring to a boil over high heat.

18. After the water in the pot boils, add appropriate amount of cold water and continue to cook over high heat.

19. At this time, you can use a spatula to gently turn the dumplings to prevent them from sticking to the pan.

20. Boil the water in the pot again and add cold water again. Cook over high heat.

21. Bring the water in the pot to a boil again and cook until all the dumplings in the pot float to the surface. The dumplings are cooked. Turn off the heat and serve.

22. Serve in bowls. There should be an even number of dumplings in the bowl. When eating the winter solstice dumplings, they must be eaten in pairs for good luck. If there are only two pills left at the end, married people will be successful, and if there is only one pill left, single people will have good luck in everything.

23. The freshness of green vegetables, the freshness of mushrooms and the fatness and leanness of minced meat complement each other and taste delicious. Enjoy this bowl of Shanghai dumplings.

24. Finished product picture.

The dish Shanghai Yuanzi (Mushroom, Vegetable and Meat Dumplings) allows you to feel the wonder of food, enjoy the different taste experiences brought by your taste buds, and enjoy the deliciousness of home-cooked meals.