Shao Mei (水晶烧卖)

Ingredients:

【Skin】:
Wheat starch - 1 cup
Corn starch - 1/4 cup
Boiling water - 3/4 cup
Oil - 1 TBSP
【Filling】:
Shrimp - 300g, peeled and diced
Grounded pork - 100g
Salt - 2/3 tsp
White pepper powder - 1/8 tsp
Corn starch - 1 TBSP
Cooking wine - 1 TBSP
Water - 1.5 TBSP
Minced ginger - 1.5 tsp
Minced green onion - 2 TBSP
Oil - 1 TBSP
Sugar - 1/3 tsp
Oyster sauce - 1 TBSP

Material cost approx. $7.00 (mainly depends on shrimp price :-)

Steps:

1. In a mixing bowl, add shrimp, pork, salt, white pepper powder, corn starch, cooking wine, water together, and mix them well. Let it sit for 20 minutes.
2. Add all other ingredients for filling in the mixing bowl. Beat it with a pair of chopstick in one direction until the filling it mixed thoroughly.

3. In another mixing bowl, mix wheat starch and corn starch. Pour in boiling water while stirring the mixture. When the mixture is cool, add oil and knead it into a smooth dough. Cover it and let it sit for 20 minutes.

4. Split the skin dough and roll into 24 balls. Using a rolling pin to roll into dumpling skin shape - round with the middle thicker than the edge. Add a tablespoon of filling on the skin, and wrap it in Shao Mei shape.

5. Dip the bottom of the Shao Mei in some oil, and then put in the steamer. Steam for 8 minutes.

Follow up

If you have no time to make the skin, you can also use the Wonton skin from supermarket.