Chinese Pork Rice Dumpling

Ingredients (Outer wrapping):
40 pieces dried bamboo leaves (soaked over night, drained)
A bundle of plant-based string (soaked over night)
800g glutinous rice  (soaked over night and drained)

Ingredients (Main Filling):
400g pork (cut into small pieces)
2 tbsp oil
2 tbsp light soy sauce
1 1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tsp 5-spice powder
A pinch of sugar
A pinch of salt
A pinch of pepper
10g dried prawn

Ingredients (Other Fillings):
200-300g shelled/halved mung bean (soaked over night, and drained)
10 Chinese mushrooms (soaked and thinly sliced)
4 salted egg yolk (mashed)

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Mui Choy Dumpling

Ingredients:
500g glutinous rice (washed & soak for 5 hours)
3 tbsp cooking oil
1 tbsp chopped garlic
2 tbsp soy sauce
½ tbsp concentrated chicken stock
½ tsp salt
½ tsp 5 spiced powder
½ tsp pepper
Some bamboo leaves and hemps string

Filling:
1tbsp chopped garlic
120g sweet Mui Choy (wash & soak for 20 minutes)
150g pork belly (dice)
80g peanut (soaked)
3 pc cloves (丁香)
1 pc star anise (八角)

Seasoning:
1½ tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1½ tbsp sugar
½ tsp sesame oil
¼ tsp salt
Drops of dark soy sauce
½ tsp MSG
Starch for thickening

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