Vegetarian Brown Rice Dumpling

Dumpling Rice Ingredients:

1kg glutinous rice

50g shallots, removed skin and diced

200g peanut oil

20g fine salt

20g seasoning powder

20g coarse sugar

Filling Ingredients:

600g Bailing mushroom, diced

250g dried mushroom

600g mushroom, diced

10 chestnut

15g five spices powder (wu xian powder)

15g fine salt

15g seasoning powder

25g coarse sugar

Wrapping

10 pcs lotus leaves, soaked, washed and dried

20 salted raffia strands, soaked, washed and dried

40pcs bamboo leaves, soaked, washed and dried

Method;

1. Wahs the unpolished rice, use appropriate amount of water to steam. Soak the dried mushroom, wash steam for 2 hours, dice and set aside.



2. Remove the skin of chestnut, steam for 2 hours and set aside. Heat up peanut oil, stir-fry the shallots till fragrant, add in rice and dumpling rice seasoning to season, stir-fry till fragrant, set aside.



3. Mix well all the illing ingredients and set aside. Place 3 pieces of bamboo leaves on top of the lotus leaf.



4. Place the rice in the middle of the bamboo leaves and add on the fillings. Add another layer of rice, then another piece of bamboo leaf, tie into rectangle with 2 salted raffia strands.


5. Boil for 2 1/2 hours.