Steam Red Date Meat Dumpling

I had eaten this Steam Red Date Meat Dumpling dish from one of the CAI FAN(economical rice) stall somewhere near my house. It's a rather new and interesting dish to me. So after eating it, I thought maybe I can give it a try and make some at home. I roughly figure what's the ingredients inside the meat dumpling.


For this dish, you need to wrap the dumpling then steam it and drizzle with with some sauce so that it won't be too dry.

Ingredients:(make about 8 - 9 dumplings)
8 - 9 Red Dates, soak in warm water
150g Pork Mince
2 - 3 Water Chestnuts, finely grated
3cm Carrot, finely grated
8-9 Pieces Of Wanton Wrapper

Seasoning:
1/2 Tablespoon Light Soy Sauce
1 Teaspoon Sesame Oil
1 Teaspoon Corn Flour
1 Teaspoon Cooking Wine
1/2 Teaspoon Pepper
2cm Young Ginger, finely grated
Some Spring Onion & Coriander, finely chopped

Sauce:
1 Teaspoon Garlic, finely minced
1 Tablespoon Oyster Sauce
100ml Water
Some Cornstarch Water

Methods:
1. Marinate the pork minced with seasonings, water chestnut and carrot then set aside in the fridge for at least 20 minutes.
2. Soak the red dates in warm water for about 30 minutes then give a small cut at the top area for the fragrant to infuse to the meat dumpling later.
3. Wrap about 1/2 Tablespoon of marinated meat with the wanton wrapper then top with a Red Date in the middle and place in the plate.
4. Repeat the above process until all the meat and red dates are used up.
5. Steam the meat dumpling in medium heat for about 10 minutes then remove and set aside while preparing the sauce.
6. Heat up a small pan with some oil and stir-fry the garlic until fragrant then add in oyster sauce and water.
7. Thicken with some corn starch water and pour over to the steam meat dumplings.

Notes: If you don't prefer oyster sauce, you can used chicken stock and thicken it with some cornstarch water then pour over to the meat dumplings and serve.