Har Gow

Name: Har Gow
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 100g wheat starch and 30g tapioca starch; 150ml boiling water; 1 tbsp lard or oil; 250g prawns, peeled, some left whole and some chopped; 30g bamboo shoots, finely diced; 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp sugar, 1 tsp sesame oil, white pepper

蝦餃/HAH gow/

Also known as: Har Kow, Ha Gao, Xiajiao, Crystal Prawn Dumplings, Shrimp Dumplings

About this dish

Translucent, pleated dim sum dumplings filled with juicy whole prawns.

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Ingredients

🌾100g wheat starch and 30g tapioca starch

💧150ml boiling water

🫗1 tbsp lard or oil

🦐250g prawns, peeled, some left whole and some chopped

🎍30g bamboo shoots, finely diced

🫙1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp sugar, 1 tsp sesame oil, white pepper

Method

Serves 3

Mix the prawns with the bamboo shoots and seasonings and chill.

Pour the boiling water into the starches, stir, then knead in the lard to a smooth dough.

Roll small pieces very thin and fill each with prawn mixture.

Pleat one side of the wrapper against the other to seal into a crescent.

Steam over high heat for 6 minutes until the wrappers turn translucent.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Har gow is often seen as the test of a dim sum chef's skill; the wrapper should be thin and stretchy with at least seven pleats.

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