Recipe
How To Wrap A Bak Chang or also known as Chinese Pork Dumpling?
May 25, 2009 by email2me · 39 Comments | [3,593 views]
Duan Wu days is the day where Chinese people wrap Bak Chang (hokkien) / Ham Yoke Chong (Cantonese) / chong zhi (mandarin) / pork dumpling. Checkout more details about them in wiki.
I get to document this down since my housemate were wrapping the bak chang at home. But ours a bit fusionised. So to get an authentic old school recipe, checkout this site.
My housemate made 3 types of dumplings in one go. 1 hokkien chang which use more on glutinuous rice, 1 cantonese type which uses mixture of glutinuous rice with skinless mung beans and the final one would be the sweet non pork lye water chang or known as KAN SUI CHUNG in cantonese.
Traditional Bamboo leaves soaked
The string to tie the dumpling. I dunno what is this called. You just ask from the seller and they will give you.
We use this for the sake of hygiene. We do not use the rafia strings as we will going to cook it for 3 hours in in hot water. Some poor quality rafia strings color will come out and go into your dumplings. There goes all your effort.
The pre fried meats, Chinese black mushrooms, dried shrimps, chestnuts, 5 spice powders, garlics, salt and dark soya sauce.
Glutinuous Rice Mix with skinless mung beans soaked over night (For Cantonese Style)
Plain Glutinous Rice for the Lye Water Dumpling
Left : Pre fried glutinous Rice with black beans (Hokkien Style) and right is the plain white glutinous rice
We even add in thick dried meats to fusion it a bit
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happy duan wu festival to you too!!!
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email2me Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Thanks
We just wrap some over the weekend too with my MIL. And she is very particular with the shapes. lol
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email2me Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Here we all taste matter. Shape wise depends.
wah~~ your housemate so good la.. wrap bah chang for you
Happy duan wu jie to you! and to the momiji’s’ too
email2me Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Ya lo…. during weekends we always cook together. Shopping together in the morning too.
to imagine the hassle of it all …
i’ll be glad to part with my $$$, and buy them from the suppliers. =P
email2me Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Sometimes the fun is at the last piece where you throw everything in and is the largest in terms of size. That piece taste the best. Money can’t buy!
I too got the chance to try my hands on wrapping the dumplings with my MIL during the weekends. Looks easy but not so for a first timer.
Happy Duan Wu festival!
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email2me Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
It is hard ….
Is it already bacang festival?
I’ve never tried bacang with mung beans, looks yummy
The cantonese version here in Jakarta, doesn’t use mung beans
Your housemate is talented, I’ve tried to wrap bacang.. my… it’s so difficult!!!
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email2me Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
They are chefs in 5 stars hotel! Of course they are PRO!
My mum, my sis, and sis-in-law, they all know how to make their own dumplings, only me, hai……At least, I know how to enjoy. Haha…
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email2me Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Don’t worry. Read my post and learn.
haha .. i only know how to eat and not do it.
email2me Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
hehehe …. u should try it ….
hi there, nice meeting you last night. wow, the chang looks nice. although i attended a “how to fold chang” class, i just cant do it!!! haha…. lacking in motor skills.
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email2me Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
hey …. nice meeting you too. It is hard!
Ah … this is how you do it. Great photos and write up!!
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email2me Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Thanks man …..
yo..right in yr house! lucky devil u!! grrr…
ehh..Mr Food Directory of Msia – whr to get good chang ah??
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email2me Reply:
May 26th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Restaurant Traditional Recipe, Dataran Sunway Kota Damansara. You can get all sorts of Chang here ….. range from RM7 to RM200++ (need 10 persons)
Order a 8 Pou Tea to go along with the dumplings
looks tempting….but is never an easy job to wrap it nicely…Happy Bak Chang festival to you too…
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email2me Reply:
May 28th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Need a lot training.
Your housemates so good ha! Any more bak chang to share?
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email2me Reply:
May 28th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
They are chef ma ….. saja do on their off day.
oh gooodnesssss its making my mouth water at this time of the morning!! ROAR i is teh hunger!
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email2me Reply:
May 28th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
In Kota Damansara, there is a nice dumpling shop. Available even on non Duan Wu festival.
How come you did not send some to our residency lol!
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email2me Reply:
May 28th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
I also had 2 only….. then next day no more. All gone
jealous nye! i have only eaten one bak zhang so far, and i forsee none coming my way.
i feel so pathetic
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email2me Reply:
May 28th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Don’t you know money can settles it.
happy duan wu jie to you!
wah so good ah…got house mate wrap bak zhang for you….
haven’t had any zhang yet this year…gonna attack one tonite! lol
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email2me Reply:
May 28th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
If you want to taste the best bak chang come KL. I bring you to a bak chang restaurant which literally have all styles of bak changs.
I tried to wrap before but failed. The rice came out after cook the dumpling. haha..
email2me Reply:
May 28th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
This is hard …. but train your patience
wah sedapnya bah chang. I used to pao bak chang before during skool time when the time is still free. Now I only know how to eat bak chang. Thanks for reminding me for the good old days. I am going to eat 2 more bak chang tomorrow morning.
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but sometimes there is something that money cannot buy…which is the warmth of the bak zhang maker <3
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I have not wrapped any bak chang since my granny passed away, guess everyone is busy with work, no one in my family is doing that nowadays! I haven’t tried one yet this year.. hmm will get my favourite bak chang from Joo Chiat soon.
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