1 joong zhongzi Recipes

glutinous rice (long-grain preferred), mung beans (the hulled and split type ), pork shoulder, cut in 3/4-inch cubes, salt, divided (to replace salt from missing soy sauce), ground black pepper, garlic cloves, crushed, divided, rice wine, water (plus for soaking and boiling), rock sugar (or 1 smallish lump, may be broken up with garlic press or the flat of a knife), cinnamon, white pepper, ground coriander, ground fennel, ground fenugreek (optional, and these last 6 are in lieu of 5-spice powder), canola oil, divided, carrots, minced, yellow onion, minced, fresh ginger, grated, chicken broth (home-made, or campbells low-sodium tetra-pack), fish sauce (to replace flavour of dried shrimp or scallops), white sugar, bamboo leaves, dried, string , to wrap the dumplings