How to make the best Har Gow (蝦餃)

Instructions

The dough

1. Mix the wheat starch, tapioca starch, and salt in a mixing bowl.
2. Add the boiling water into the mixing bowl. Stir the mixture vigorously until it looks like snowflakes.
3. Add the oil.
4. Knead the dough until soft and pliable.
5. Cover it and let it relax for 5 minutes.
6. Put it on a work surface and roll it into long strips.
7. Cut dough into small portions, 15-20g each.
8. Roll out the dough, and wrap the shrimp filling with the wrapper.

The filling

1. Clean and devein the shrimps. Marinate with salt for 5 minutes and wash thoroughly under running water.
2. Chop the shrimp coarsely.
3. Chop the bamboo shoots into small pieces.
4. Mix the shrimps, bamboo shoots, and the seasoning until it becomes sticky.

To steam

1. Place the dumplings in the bamboo steamer.
2. Steam for 6 minutes.
3. Serve immediately.