DragonBoat Festival

I should be going to UAN there today at 5pm and watch the performance put up by my friend, Romeo.. cos they put up a performance as part of the orientation.. Then i fly him kite again.. its the second time liao...

...Blog of Sorry...

sorry Romeo.. really sorry.. i cant help it.. cos the Dragon Boat Festival is around the corner.. and my mom will be wrapping dumplings aka Zhong Zi tomorrow like she always do.. She will also wrap for her sisters, her parents-in-law etc... so this time round.. she bought a lot of ingredients to wrap many many dumplings.. then i think i got people coming to my place tomorrow... so i decide to stay back last minute to help her tidy up some household chores and help her do some frying...

For those who wants to know.. my mom stir fried diced mushrooms, dry shrimps and diced pork separately and then stir fried them again together with wu xiang powder, black soya sauce, pepper, osyter sauce... this is the fillings only.. the glutinous rice has to be soaked overnight and then stir fry again to about half cooked before wrapping... all the ingredients are stir fried with chopped garlic and chopped small onions too... in addition the leaves used for wrapping has to be washed clean... and soaked overnight too..

and this is not all... what i say above is only the middle part.. the first part is to chop lar, diced lar, sliced lar.. then the fouth part is to wrap them.. and the last part is to cook them in boiling water... and to make it cook well also need skills... the timing, water control etc...

The final product will be the dumpling with its fragant fillings.. and the taste of the fillings does not clash with one another, neither does it clash with the rice... and the rice will be just nice.. not hard but soft, sticky and fragant too... in all, all the rice and the fillings hold well together and does not break up easily....

It really takes years of experience sia...