Chives Meat Dumpling

With compliments from Gen, she shared this dish with us in a recent cook out.

Makes about 30
Ingredients
- 400g of minced pork
- 1 bunch of chives
- 2 tablespoons of garlic
- 1 tablespoon of cornflour
- light soy sauce
- sesame oil
- pepper
- shaoxing wine
- shanghai / taiwanese dumpling skin

Sauce
- Ginger
- Black vinegar

Method
- Marinate the meat and chives with light soya sauce, sesame oil, pepper, wine and cornflour
- Leave it for about 1-2 hours
- Wrap in dumpling skin and seal the ends with water mixed with cornflour. Leave a gap between each dumpling to avoid them sticking together.
- Using a frying pan, fry on the ends till brown before flipping to its side. After flipping to another side, pour 1/4 of hot water and cover the pan till the water boils. Ready to be served.

Banana Bread

Ingredients
1.5 cups of plain flour
3 large bananas, very ripe (del monte types) - makes about 1-1/3 cups
1/2 cup Miracle Whip dressing Or natural yogurt.
3/4 cup sugar, white or brown
1 egg, whisked
1 tsp baking soda
1/3 tsp of salt
1/2 cup of chopped walnuts
 
Method
- Preheat oven to 175 degree celcius
- Mashed the ripe bananas, do not overmash them if you will like to have a bit of texture in your cake.
- Combine egg, banana, sugar, dressing and whisk until well blended.
- Mix flour, salt, baking soda, walnuts in a separate bowl.
- Add the dry to wet mixture and stir just until combined. Do not overmix.
- Pour into greased loaf pan, 4 x 8 inch.
- Bake for an hour or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
- Cool in pan for 10-15mins, remove from pan to wire rack.
- Served best when warm and with vanilla ice cream!

Remarks
- To make muffins, you can pour the mixture into greased muffin tins / cups instead, and bake for 25 - 30 mins.

Source: Kraftfoods.com