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Ingredients
- 10 g carrot
Shao mai dough
- 50 g water
- 180 g plain flour
- 1 eggs
Filling
- 300 g pork belly, cut into pieces (3 cm)
- 15 - 20 g fresh mushrooms (e.g. shiitake, button)
- 5 - 10 g piece fresh ginger, peeled, cut into thin slices (optional)
- 270 g raw prawns, peeled and deveined
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp sesame oil (30 g, see Tips)
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground white pepper
- 1 tsp cornflour
- oil, for greasing
- plain flour, for dusting
- 500 g water
- Nutrition
- per 1 piece
- Calories
- 240 kJ / 57 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbohydrates
- 4 g
- Fat
- 3 g
- Fibre
- 0.2 g
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