My children are really blessed to have a Chinese Lao Shi (teacher) who is very flexible and willing to do "unconventional" things. Last week, she bought, prepared and brought over all the ingredients for making rice dumplings. She patiently taught us how to make them. She learned from her mother in Beijing and has been making these dumplings since young.
Here is no. 2 struggling but lao shi was very patient to teach her. :) I made frightfully ball shaped ones. (Couldn't make them into a four cornered Pyramid. :P)
Here are her deft fingers pinching the leaves, filling them with glutinous rice, pork, dried prawns and a chestnut. And the even trickier bit was folding it into shape and holding it with one hand while tying the string with the other hand. (!!!) When I tried, I was using my teeth to hold the string. Seemed like I didn't have enough hands for the job. haha. And in the end, some looked more like balls than pyramidal.
Anyway, it's an interesting way to learn Chinese and Chinese culture, don't you think? :)
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