Handmade Vegetable Pau Part (II) 手工菜包 (下)...

The ingredients for the filling are: Bang Kwang or turnip 沙葛, Chinese mushrooms, carrots, dried shrimps, Chinese parsley and garlic.

The preparations... shred bang kwang and carrots; soak dried mushrooms and shrimps in warm water, drain and thinly slice the mushrooms. Finely chop the garlic. Please see Picture (a).

Let’s cook the filling... heat a little oil and fry garlic, dried shrimps and mushrooms till fragrant; stir in the veggies and fry thoroughly and add a little rice wine, soy sauce, pepper and sesame oil to taste. Set the filling aside to cool and drain away excess liquid (b).

Next, spoon filling on a flattened dough and wrap it by folding the edges of the dough; place a piece of paper underneath each pau and set aside for another 30 minutes to allow the dough to prove further (c). Steam over high heat for 10 minutes (d) and voilà, it’s done! (e) and (f) give the final product, enjoy... :p