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With this method of making translucent dumplings, you'll create delectable treats with a layer of velvety, smooth dough, refreshing and aromatic. The vibrant pink filling peeks through, offering a tempting blend of freshness, richness, and allure, seemingly inviting the senses...
Guidelines for making impeccably royal Huế-style translucent dumplings
Prepare ingredients for 4 servings: tapioca flour 400g, arrowroot starch 50g, lean pork, fresh shrimp, wood ear mushrooms, boiling water, aromatic herbs (dried shallots, scallions, cilantro), seasonings (fish sauce, salt, pepper, chili)
Fragrant, flavorful translucent dumplings that captivate the dreamy charm of Huế
Creating the dumpling filling
Slice lean pork and wood ear mushrooms finely, marinate with pepper, salt, finely chopped scallions, and fish sauce. Remove shrimp heads, tails, and veins. Cut half of the dried shallots into thin rings, finely chop the other half.
Sauté the finely chopped shallots until fragrant, stir-fry the minced meat and wood ear mushrooms until cooked, then add shrimp and stir-fry over high heat until the shrimp turns a reddish-pink color, then turn off the heat.
Preparing the dumpling filling
Making the dough
Mix 200g tapioca flour + 50g arrowroot starch and ½ tablespoon of salt evenly. Gradually add about 250ml of hot boiling water (above 100 degrees), stir thoroughly. Wait until well mixed, then add the remaining tapioca flour, mix thoroughly. When the dough cools down a bit, knead it thoroughly by hand.
Knead the dough with hot boiling water
Once the dough is thoroughly kneaded, divide it into small balls. Roll out each dough ball very thinly, place the filling (1 shrimp + a small amount of minced meat and wood ear mushrooms) in the center of the dough sheet, fold the edges together, and press the edges with fingers to seal, similar to making dumplings or dim sum.
Place a pot of water for boiling the dumplings on the stove, add ½ tablespoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, and heat over medium heat. When the water boils, place the dumplings in the pot, wait for them to float to the surface, then remove and place them in a bowl of cold water.
Pressing the dumplings
Heat a pan on the stove, add a little cooking oil, quickly stir-fry finely chopped scallions until they become tender but still retain their vibrant green color. Turn off the heat, remove the dumplings from the bowl of cold water, and place them in the pan with the sautéed scallions.
Prepare the dipping sauce
Prepare a dipping sauce mixture with delicious fish sauce, sugar, filtered water, and lime juice in a ratio of 2:2:8:1/2 tablespoon per 1/2 lime. Add some finely chopped fresh chili without seeds, heat on the stove until warm.
Finish the final step
The fragrant aroma of translucent dumplings, refreshing and delicately crafted. The soft dough reveals a chewy texture, combining the enticing flavors of shrimp, rich meat, and wood ear mushrooms, complemented by the aromatic herbs, scallions, and the sophisticated sweet, spicy, and tangy taste of the dipping sauce. It embodies the intricate beauty of Hue's culinary tradition, both sophisticated and homely, reflecting the essence of this ancient capital's cuisine.
Experience the essence of two imperial cities
Translucent dumplings are not only a specialty exclusive to the imperial city of Huế but the ancient capital of Thăng Long also boasts its own unique version of translucent dumplings.
On that evening, stopping by Quán Ăn Ngon on Phan Bội Châu Street, a sudden impulse led me to order both Hanoi-style and Huế-style translucent dumplings in one go, and the service left me astonished...
One meticulously crafted, the other exquisitely delicate
Both the ancient capital and the vibrant city demand rolling the dough for translucent dumplings thinly and kneading it uniformly. As the dough remains warm and pliable from boiling water, the cook, clad in heat-resistant gloves, uses hands to knead, press, and flip, ensuring the dough is elastic, smooth, uniformly worked, and despite the insulation, the hand still blushes with warmth.
The thinner the rolled-out dough, the more translucent and shimmering the dumplings, gleaming under the sunlight. However, meticulous care is necessary to ensure the dumplings maintain the chewy texture of the dough without cracking or breaking – a skillful art that demands the maker's practiced hands, where 'a hundred attempts may not equal the skill of a familiar hand.'
Delicious dishes from the South to the North converge under the vintage tiled roof shaded by the trees of Quán Ăn Ngon.
The sophisticated elegance of the imperial land, juxtaposed with meticulous precision. Two plates of dumplings lie side by side like 2 glistening gemstone dishes, embodying the culinary essence of the two urban realms. Perhaps the Huế-style translucent dumplings with their subtly spicy dipping sauce stimulate each sense to welcome the cool fragrance of the dough, while the Hanoi-style dumplings offer a slightly milder, sweet, salty, sour, and harmoniously spicy experience, akin to a gentle rain gradually permeating, lingering in the throat for a long time, the flavor still lingering...
Indulge and reminisce in the small, nostalgic pieces that make up the soul of the nation
Quán Ăn Ngon gathers specialties from all three regions of the homeland under the shade of ancient green roofs, accompanied by the melodious chirping of birds and the rustling of wind and sunlight. Sitting by a plate of fragrant translucent dumplings on a tilted wooden table in the midst of the city, one can feel the tranquil peace of Hanoi in moments like these!
If you crave Hội An chicken salad, Southern-style sizzling pancakes, Hanoi-style vermicelli soup, Vietnamese pork sausage wrapped in banana leaves, Huế-style sticky rice dumplings, Nha Trang grilled beef, Mekong Delta hot pot with sesame leaves, imperial-style sương sa pearl dessert,… come to Quán Ăn Ngon to savor the flavors of the entire nation right in the heart of beloved Hanoi...
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Restaurant Locations:
+ B2 - R6, Chợ Ngon Old Quarter, Royal City Shopping Mall, 72A Nguyễn Trãi, Thanh Xuân District
+ Level 1, 25T2 Hoàng Đạo Thúy, Cầu Giấy District
+ 18 Phan Bội Châu, Hoàn Kiếm District
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