Steamed Dumplings Bandung Style
(Siomay Bandung)

Base Ingredients:
350 gr ground chicken
250 gr ground shrimp
100 gr cornstarch
2 cloves garlic, mashed
1 Tbs. sesame oil
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. ground pepper
1 egg, beaten

Skin Ingredients:

10 pieces of won ton skin
6 soybean cake size 5 x 5 x 1 cm
5 medium size potatoes
5 buah bitter melon
5 pieces of cabbage leaves, slice the stem thin
5 cucumbers

Sauce Ingredients:

100 gr fried peanuts
50 gr fresh fried candlenut
2 cloves fried garlic
2 steamed red chilies
1 Tbs. vinegar
½ Tbs. salt
2 Tbs. sugar
100 cc water

Other Ingredients:

Ketchup (tomato sauce)
Sweet soy sauce
Lime
Instructions:
Mix all the base ingredients to make a smooth base filling.
Dumpling:
Trim the won ton skin to make them round.  Place a portion of the filling in the center of a won ton skin.  Take the son ton skin between the index finger and thumb, gather edges together to make a waist.
Soybean Cake & Potato:
Cut in half and scrape a portion of the cake & potato side and fill it in with the filling.
Bitter Melon & Cucumber:
Cut in 3 to 4 pieces.  Scrape the seed portion and fill it in with the base filling.
Cabbage leaves:
Dip the leaves in to hot water for a few seconds.
Steamed all of them until well done.

Instructios for the sauce:

Ground all ingredients to form a paste.  Then add water and stir well.  If the sauce is thickened, add some more water.

Serving Instructions:

Cut all steamed dumplings, potatoes, etc. into small pieces.  Then pour the sauce on top and also add ketchup, sweet soy sauce and lime juice on top.

Makes 4-6 servings.