JUICY STEAMED DUMPLINGS

Ingredients :
4 ½ (500 g) cups flour, sifted
4 tsp soy sauce
½ tsp fresh ginger, chopped
½ tsp sugar
½ tsp MSG
1 lb (500 g) lean boneless pork, minced
½ tsp salt, or to taste
4 oz (125 ml) sesame oil

Method :

Mix the pork with the soy sauce, rice wine, ginger, MSG, salt and sugar. Stir in one direction until it becomes a paste. Stir in the sesame oil and mix well. Add 9oz (250 ml) of cold water gradually to the flour and mix into a dough. Let rest. Turn out onto a flour board and knead until firm and elastic. Knead the dough again and cut into ½ oz (5 g) balls. Flatten each ball lightly with your hand, then roll out each piece into a 3 inch circle, rotating the dough counter- clockwise while rolling so the centre is slightly thicker than the edges. Place about 1 to 1 ½ tsp of filling on each circle and pinch the edges together in 18 pleats. Place the dumpling in a steamer and steam for 5 minutes over high heat.