Sticky Rice Dumplings

If you’ve ever had Chinese steamed sticky rice (糯米包), this is the dumpling version of the same dish.

Prepared glutinous rice is cooked with chopped Chinese sausage, shitake mushrooms, scallions and dried shrimps, fried quickly in a wok, seasoned with soy sauce, salt, sugar, then steamed together with the rice. Once it’s cooked, the rice is balled up and wrapped in a flattened dumpling wrapper made of rice flour and steamed. Normally served as is, I usually ask for the sweet soy sauce served with cheong fun.