More weekend cooking....

This post outlines my 'treat' for the weekend (a treat for having lost weight this week):

- Plum pork dumplings
- Caramel chicken with pickled cucumber

I love the concept of sweet caramel and sour sauces in savoury food, especially in Asian style dishes, and teamed up with the pickled cucumber really lightened the dish, and adds that important crunch element. And on reflection, this dish is actually pretty healthy - Winning!

The plum pork dumplings I actually made up myself. I basically made a dumpling mixture of pork mince, plum sauce, finely chopped garlic, and grated ginger. I then folded the mixture into some gow gee wrappers and cooked them gyoza style (fried in a pan for a couple of minutes to crisp up the base, then added some water, whacked the lid on and let them stream for 2-3 minutes more to cook the filling and the rest of the dumpling).