Saturday, May 19, 2012

Hand made meat ball with pumpkin (Steam) -手工肉丸蒸南瓜

Recently had been lazy to cook as everyone is busy to work till weekend will prefer to rest and do nothing. But I do understand that the dinner time with family is so precious, especially can see they satisfy with what you cook! So today I'm going to cook a dinner again~
first attempts products, using light soy source instead of dark soy sauce!

Hand made meat ball with pumpkin (Steam) -手工肉丸蒸南瓜 is one of my favorite dish. I like the texture of the hand made meat ball, I enjoy seeing everyone eat steamed food (more healthy but still delicious) and there's no need to fries food in the kitchen (cooking in a small flat in Singapore sometimes can really end your day with oily smell).



Ingredients:
Minced Pork 300g
Pumpkin 400g
Pickles 1 tbsp, in small dices
Minced garlic 1 tsp
Potato starch 1 tbsp

Seasonings A:
Salt 1/4 tsp
Water 3 tbsp

Seasonings B:
Hua diao wine 1 tsp
Dark soy sauce 1 tsp
Pepper 1/6 tsp

1. Peel pumpkin, cut into thick slices (equal thickness of pumpkin will give better presentation, but honestly, it's hard when raw, difficult to cut~) and arrange the pumpkin slices on a steaming plate.
Before steam~
2. Chop minced pork further until sticky.
3. Combine minced pork with seasonings A in a big bowl and stir in one direction until sticky.If the mixture too dry can add in some more water.
4. Add in Seasonings B, mix well and then add in potato starch and stir well.
5. Add in the pickles and minced garlic. Lift the mince and slap it down on the bowl a few times (this will make the meat ball texture more Q) and make into meatballs.
6. Place the meatballs on top of the pumpkin & steam over high heat for about 15 minutes or until cooked through.

After steam. (Dark soy sauce version)

I personally prefer light soy sauce version, not too dark in appearance!

Today Dinner is ready added with a simple miso soup~