Dim sum or siomay is a traditional food from Bandung, West Java. You don't have to go to Bandung to enjoy the delicacy of siomay, you can just stay at home. With your own choice of ingredients and seasonings, it makes siomay become a healthy dish full of nutrition.
You can check the calorie and nutritional content of siomay in the Fitie application, scan the photo and then install it in the application, the calorie content will be stated. Of course, it will be easier to adjust the number of calories if you make a dim sum by yourself.
Why Make Your Dim sum?
Making your dim sum at home, apart from being hygienic because it is processed directly, you can estimate the calorie content, protein, and other nutrients. Because you can choose the ingredients as you wish.
In addition, you can adjust the taste exactly according to your family's taste. Even making dim sum can be a moment of togetherness that brings family members closer together.
Steps of Making Dim sum
Preparation can be done with family members, before making a list of materials to be purchased. Make sure everyone agrees that the contents of the dim sum are chicken, fish, or both. Buy the type of fish according to the agreement
- Preparing Ingredients
- Mince 300 grams of skinless chicken meat, because the skin contains a lot of bad fat, then set it aside
- Chop 300 grams of prawns or you can replace fish, for example, mackerel, then set aside
- Cut white tofu into squares then split in the middle to fill with dough, soak in salted water
- Take the cabbage leaves per sheet and thin the bones so they can be rolled up
- Boil the potatoes and then peel the skin
- Instant dumpling wrappers
- Making the Dough
Grind 5 cloves of garlic, and mix with 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of granulated sugar, half a teaspoon of ground pepper, and 1 beaten egg. After everything is mixed, pour half a tablespoon of oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon of sesame oil, and 150 grams of starch. Make the dough by adding 150 ccs of water by hand until smooth, or until it is no longer sticky. You can add more water, tolerating up to 50 ccs.
- Put the dough into the dumpling wrappers
- Put the dough into the instant dumpling wrappers, make it like a bowl
- Put the dough into the tofu halves
- Put the dough into the cabbage leaves, then roll it up
- Cooking Dim sum
Steam the wrapped dough for 30 minutes.
Low-Carb Peanut Sauce
Peanut sauce can be made low-carb, you can also use ingredients that have an estimated nutritional content. However, still, pay attention to the delicious taste.
Grind the spices
The peanut sauce consists of 10 red chilies, seeds removed, 4 large cloves of garlic, 3 tablespoons of fried shallots, and 3 cm aromatic ginger. Saute the ground spices with enough coconut oil, add 450 gr peanut butter, a little salt and sugar, and 450 ml of water.
When it boils, reduce the heat, and stir continuously until it thickens and the oil comes out of the peanuts. Add the finely chopped 10 lime leaves.
Peanut sauce for low-carb dim sum is ready to be poured over the dim sum that is warm and ready to eat.