Late last year, I have been contemplating on selling "siomai" one of my favorite snacks to eat, just thinking about it makes my mouth to water! *YUM*
I got this idea, from the place where me and my girlfriend eats siomai in Labangon. The name of the place is "Way Tugpahay", it's a place in Tisa, Labangon, Cebu where siomai is the main menu. As I have observed, many of the customers there eat siomai everyday. From snacks to dinner, many customers buy siomai at the same place.
My girlfriend suggested, "Why don't you sell siomai in your place". Hmm...what a good idea, and from that it give me inspiration to make business of selling Siomai! First off, let's get some recipe to get us started...wait, what's a "SIOMAI"??
Siomai is a dimsum of Chinese origin which is also quite common in the Philippines. One can order different kinds of siomai but the base is always pork. The ground meat should have some fat otherwise the cooked siomai will be too tough. I tried to experiment on chicken siomai some years back and made the mistake of taking out the skin and fat and it turned out to be tough. Prawns or shrimps can be substituted for part of the pork if desired. For the binder, some use flour or corn starch but I find it to leave a raw taste so I use egg instead (proportion is 1 egg to 1 kg pork).
Siomai Recipe
Ingredients:
1 cup chopped shrimps1/4 cup ground pork
1 cup chopped singkamas
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1 onion, finely chopped,
1egg, beaten
1 teaspoon soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste
1 pack siomai wrapper
oil for brushing
more to come....
Recipe and Images Courtesy of:
http://recipes.com.ph/show/siomai/
http://pinoyfood.nimrodel.net/2006/08/08/pork-siomai-steamed-pork-dumplings/
http://karen.mychronicles.net/?p=6
