Glutinous Rice Dumpling (Hokkien Bak Chang)

 




Glutinous Rice Dumpling
Preparing bamboo leaves 
  • Soak bamboo and hemp leaves together for overnight. 
  • Wash and rinse the next morning. 
  • Wipe soak overnight bamboo leaves.
Ingredient ( To soaking)
  • 1.5 kg Glutinous Rice ( Soak overnight or 8 hours)
  • 15 pieces Mushroom ( Soak overnight or 8 hours )
  • 150 grams Black Chick Pea ( Soak 1 hour)
  • 25 -30 pieces Chestnuts ( soak 2 hours)
Braised Pork Belly (Using pressure cook)
Ingredient 
  • 500 gm 3 layers pork belly ( Cut into chunk size)
  • 1 cinnamon stick 
  • 3 star anise
Seasoning for Fillings 
  • 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp chicken stock granules
  • 1/2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 2oo ml plain water
Direction:
  • Combine all the ingredient and marinate for 8 hours.
  • Heat up a wok and marinated pork and mushroom with water. 
  • Stir fry until well mixed for 5 minutes until the water boils. 
  • Switch off the heat, transfer to pressure cooker continue to cooked  30-40 minutes.
  • Dish up and set aside until needed. Best overnight. 
Preparing Glutinous rice 
Ingredient 
1.5 kilogram Soak Glutinous rice
  • 8 tablespoon pork lard.
  • 5 slices shallots
  • 50 grams pounded dry prawns 
Seasoning 
  • 3 tablespoons of oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon chicken granules powder 
  • 1 teaspoon five spice powder
  • 1 tablespoon  salt
  • 2 tablespoon dark soy sauce
Direction 
  • Heat up a wok, add in lard, add shallots and pounded dry prawns saute.
  • Add in glutinous rice, seasoning, stir  fry until well combine.  
  • Taste according to preference. Dish up . 
Preparing the bamboo leaves
  • Soak bamboo and hemp leaves together  overnight. Wash and rinse the next morning. 
  • Wipe soak overnight bamboo leaves.
Wrapping
  • Stack 2 leaves on top of each other. Ensure smooth side of the leaves are facing you.
  • Focus on the center point and fold into a cone shape. 
  • Add fillings, press it to firmly. Wrap leaves close towards the fillings to seal a cone shape. 
  • Tighten both sides of the leaves ensure there should be a cone shape again and fold again. 
  • Grip tight, using a string wrap it 2 round, ending and secure with a knot. 
  • Trim off excess string and  leaves.  
Pressure Cook Glutinous rice Dumpling 
  • Pressure cook for 45 minutes. It turns out good vs boiling . 
  • (Depending on your own pressure cooker manual instruction)
  • Close the lid and start my 45 minutes the moment my pressure cooker  stud pops up. 
  • After 45 minutes remove and hanger to release excess water.




Dish and set aside 






Pork Lard 



Preparing Pork Belly with mushroom 

Marinated pork belly 
Soak Mushroom 
Heat up 8 tablespoon of pork lard or estimate according to your preference
Add in marinated pork belly 
Add in mushroom 
Stir fry until well combine wait for it to boil transfer to pressure cook
Transferring to pressure cooker
Pork Belly with mushroom 


Preparing Glutinous Rice

Fry combine until well combine for around 10 minutes.


Hemp string,  Crochet thread 
Ingredient for fillings



Seal both sides.
Fold inwards to make a cone shape
Grip firmly