Chaoshan Crispy Dumplings: Looking for the taste of the Mid-Autumn Festival when I was a kid

Overview

When I was young, I liked to follow my grandmother, who lived in the compound at that time. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, a large table is placed in the courtyard, filled with various fruits and cakes to worship the moon goddess. After worshiping, it is the happiest time for the children, chasing and playing, and there are many cakes that are not usually available to eat. When we grew up, each family lived in a building. Although we worshiped the moon goddess and admired the moon, the feeling of celebrating the festival was much weaker. Maybe it’s because of the small families now, or maybe it’s because all the pastries are bought ready-made. When the brothers and sisters gathered together for dinner on weekends, they talked about the excitement and warmth of making dumplings in the kitchen when they were children. The family started frying peanuts, frying sesame seeds, kneading noodles, and making dumplings. The dumplings made by my mother are the most beautiful, uniform in size, and have beautiful pleats on the edges. If you don't know how to make pleats, just start with them. Add oil to the pan and take a bite of the crispy dumplings. The sweetness of the syrup, the aroma of peanuts and sesame leaves a mouthful of aroma. The small crispy dumplings are so delicious that you can't stop eating them.

Tags

• snacks
• all-purpose flour
• corn oil
• egg
• peanuts
• sesame
• white sugar
• winter melon candy
• water

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Peel the fried peanuts.

   

2. 2 Crush the peanuts (use a rolling pin or pound with a mortar).

   

3. 3 Chop the winter melon sugar.

   

4. 4 Mix peanut sugar, winter melon sugar, white sugar and sesame seeds evenly to make filling.

   

5. 5 Prepare flour, corn oil, and eggs.

   

6. 6 Slowly add water to the dough.

   

7. 7 Knead it into a dough of medium hardness and non-stickiness, cover it with plastic wrap and let it sit for twenty minutes.

   

8. 8 Use a rolling pin to roll it into a dough with a thickness of about 2-3mm.

   

9. 9 Take a medium-sized mold and cut it into round dumpling wrappers.

   

10. 10 Take a dumpling wrapper, wrap it with an appropriate amount of filling, pinch it in half, and pinch out a lace along the edge of the dumpling in one direction.

    

11. 11 Put the wrapped dumplings into the oil pan and fry. The oil temperature should not be too high, otherwise the dumplings will explode easily.

    

12. 12 Fry the dumplings until they are slightly golden brown, remove and control the oil, cool the fried dumplings, then seal and refrigerate.