i called my grandmother on friday during my lunch break, not only to touch bases with her but to see if she could hook me up with her recipe for shumai. i think she thinks i'm inept in the kitchen or something. and the viet-english conversations we have is hilarious. i don't fully understand what she's saying and i highly doubt she gets what i'm saying.
Me: you want me to put what ...?
or
Grandma: i don't know how big your teaspoon is but mine is ...
(i didn't realize that there were different teaspoon sizes?)
Me: you want me to put what ...?
or
Grandma: i don't know how big your teaspoon is but mine is ...
(i didn't realize that there were different teaspoon sizes?)
anyway, grandma hooked it up. it just reminded me of when i was kid.
Homemade Shumai sans wrapper, Grandma Style
1 lb ground pork
1 medium onion, diced
1 tsp fish sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1-2 tsp oyster sauce
1/2 tsp pepper
combine all ingredients. ball up (i came up with 12) and assemble in cook safe dishes. steam in water bath on stove top for about 30-40 minutes. also, just for asthestics, i dabbled a dollop of tomato paste on each ball. it's how grandma always made it.
serve with white rice, sides of crisp veggies like cut up cucumbers and pickled daikon/carrots. i purposefully went ultra conservative with the seasoning, so my shumai came out bland. i just like to dip the pieces of meat in chilli nước chấm, just like how grandma and grandpa ate it.
now i have something yummy to eat all week. i baked some buttermilk loaf bread earlier so i'll have my version of bánh mỳ shumai.
you re thso fun-nay!!!
ReplyDeletegreat picture of the food ... i couldn't think of it when i talked to you last night, but now i know, and i want some.
love the no-wrapper :)
ReplyDeletethanks for the recipe. i never knew siewmai or shumai wasn't tht complicated to make! and fish sauce..mmmmm.
ReplyDeleteok this is totally on my list of to-make ;)
be con -- now you have to make it dude, and don't forget to take pix!
ReplyDeletesarah -- i love it. that's the way i *always* thought shumai was and that the dimsum version was wrong. :)
diva -- i never knew it was so easy too! and it tasted just like how grandma used to make it. :)
"I didn't know there were different teaspoon sizes?"
ReplyDeleteLOL!! :)
shannalee -
ReplyDeletenow that i think of it, she never used actual measuring spoons, she used actual teaspoons and guess-timated. bless her, she's hilarious.
I made these for taste & create: they were outstanding--the whole family loved them. And I love that the recipe came from your grandma. :)
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