Ingredients
- ¼ cup Dried shrimp
- 500 g Chayote approx. 5
- ½ tbsp Salt
- 200 g Minced pork
- ½ tsp Crushed ginger
- 1 tbsp Fish sauce
- 1 tbsp Light soy sauce
- Pepper
- ¼ cup Cornflour alternatively use tapioca starch
- Spring onion chopped for garnish
Instructions
- Place dried shrimp into a bowl of hot water and allow to soak for 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, peel and deseed chayote’s (see note) then finely grate into a large mixing bowl. Add salt and allow to rest for 15 minutes to draw out liquids.
- Taking one handful of the grated chayote’s at a time, attempt to squeeze out as much liquid as possible by hand and transfer to separate dry mixing bowl. Repeat process one more time.
- Once soaked, drain and finely chop the dried shrimp.
- Add chopped shrimp, minced pork, crushed ginger, fish sauce, soy sauce, pepper and cornflour to mixing bowl with grated chayote and combine well.
- Form dumplings by rolling up mixture into small balls roughly 3cm in diameter by hand. If balls fail to hold then add a little more cornflour to help bind.
- Bring water to boil over medium heat in a pot that will suit steamer. Fill steamer basket with dumplings and steam for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with spring onion alongside garlic sauce “lasauce l’ail’ and soy sauce chilli as dipping sauce.
Notes
- Chayote can release a sticky sap when peeled or cut. To avoid, try handling under cold running water or using disposable gloves.
- Speed it up by grating chayote with an electric food grater.
- Test a couple of dumplings by steaming for 10 minutes initially, if they hold then form remaining dumplings, if they fall apart then add a little more cornflour and repeat the process.
- Freeze for up to a couple of months if made of fresh ingredients and steam from frozen.
Bon appétit!
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Thanks For Sharing this amazing recipe. My family loved it. I will be sharing this recipe with my friends. Hope the will like it.
Peut on utiliser les choucou congelé ?
Je ne vois pas pourquoi, n’hésitez pas à nous dire comment cela se passe ! 🙂
Plesse let me know where I can find ” dried shrimps” in Mauritius ( which shelf in the supermarket)?
You should be able to find dried shrimps at asian supermarkets, markets or online.
Like the recipe , only mistake I was too excited that I forgot to put the salt and let it rest but at the end it was delicious . Thanks again for the recipe.