China

Cheung Fun

Name: Cheung Fun
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 150 g Rice flour; 2 tbsp each Wheat & corn starch; 500 ml Water; 200 g Prawns; sweet soy sauce Soy sauce & sugar; some Spring onion

Steamed rice-flour rolls from the dim sum basket

Cheung fun are silky steamed rice-flour rolls - a classic of Cantonese dim sum and a favourite breakfast in Hong Kong and Guangzhou.

The gossamer-thin rice sheets are rolled around prawns or char siu and doused in a sweetish soy sauce.

Servings3

Time40 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Rice flour150 g
Wheat & corn starch2 tbsp each
Water500 ml
Prawns200 g
Soy sauce & sugarsweet soy sauce
Spring onionsome

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Whisk rice flour, starches and water into a thin batter.
Steam a layer of batter on a tray.
Lay prawns on top and steam briefly.
Roll the rice sheet into a roll and cut into pieces.
Douse with warm sweet soy sauce, garnish.

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Rice flour and sweet soy sauce for cheung fun are in the Asia Boutique.

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