Recipe: Homemade Pork and Prawn Wantans in Soup

When I was growing up, we loved going out on weekends to have wantan mee. Served along with the wantan mee are these bouncy and juicy wantans (usually made from pork) in a small bowl of soup. Then, when I was studying overseas, I learnt how to make wantans whenever I craved them and thankfully, the wantan skins are easily accessible from Asian supermarkets.

Homemade Pork and Prawn Wantans in Soup

I have not made wantans for a few years now, but my daughter is incredibly fond of them, so I made some when I made some char siew (BBQ pork) last week (recipe coming up soon!). For our homemade wantans, the filling is a combination of minced pork, diced prawns and spring onions. I encouraged the kids to give it a try too - wrapping the wantans is FUN! (see Step 2 in recipe for step-by-step instructions).

Baby C with her first homemade wantan

Baby D giving it a go too - with a little help from mummy

In wantan mee stalls, the wantans are served in a small bowl of soup, usually seasoned with MSG (we never drink it, otherwise we'd be very thirsty for the rest of the day!). Since my kids love drinking soup, I cooked them in chicken broth. Baby C absolutely adored the wantans, as they were plump and juicy. Hip hip hooray!

Homemade Pork and Prawn Wantans in Soup
Recipe by Baby Sumo
Preparation time: 20-30 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Makes 30


Ingredients
200g pork mince
70g peeled prawns
1 1/2 tbsp spring onions, finely chopped
2 tsp light soy sauce
A pinch of salt
A pinch of white pepper
1 tsp ginger wine
30 wantan skins

To serve
1.5l chicken stock
Salt, to taste
2 tbsp spring onions, finely chopped


1.  In a bowl, place the pork mince, prawns, spring onions, soy sauce, white pepper, and ginger wine. Mix well and marinate for 10-15 minutes.

2. To wrap wantans: Prepare a small bowl of water. Take 1 piece of wantan skin, and place a small mound (roughly 1 tsp) of filling in the centre. Dip your finger into the water, and run it around the edges of the wantan wrapper. Bring the opposite edges together to form a triangle. Gather the top of the wantan skins and seal with more water to form a wantan parcel.

3. Place chicken stock in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to the boil. Once boiling, add the wantans (cook in 4 batches) and cook until the wantans float to the top, about 1 1/2-2 minutes.

4. Serve in a small bowl with some chicken stock and garnish with some spring onions.

Note: Your children can help wrap the wantans (Step 2).

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KLonuts @ Dessert Storm, Ben's Independent Grocer, Publika, KL + Happy Halloween

Whenever we visit Publika, a visit to Ben's Independent Grocer (B.I.G) is a must! It's always worth checking out what they have. With Halloween looming, there were pumpkins, scary costumes and treats. 

Halloween pumpkin

After doing our grocery shopping, we decided to stop at Dessert Storm for KLonuts. A couple of months ago, cronuts were the in-thing and The BIG Group came up with their own version called the KLonut served in Dessert Storm, their pop-up dessert shop. Cronut is a croissant-doughnut hybrid, attributed to chef Dominique Ansel for Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York City.

The KLonuts here are made to order by their pastry chef, Mabel. Other than KLonut, they are also serving afternoon tea for RM45 or a cream tea set for RM12, as well as some plated desserts, which changes weekly.

Three flavours were available and we went for the peanut butter and caramel as well as lemon curd and meringue, priced at RM7 each. The KLonuts have been deep fried and is served warm. Not much greasy aftertaste, though it tastes much richer than a regular doughnut. Out of the two flavours that we tried, I prefer the lemon curd and meringue as the lemon cuts some of the richness.

After enjoying the KLonuts, we had two more regular doughnuts from B.read, the bakery within Ben's Independent Grocer. Baby C chose the chocolate and custard doughnuts (RM3 each).

Anyway, here's wishing you all a spook-tacular Halloween from the Baby Sumo clan! Oh and if you find yourselves with lots of leftover pumpkin, check out this fabulous recipe for roasted pumpkin with fresh herbs. 

Hurrah! Hubby's "spooky" photo on Instagram won him RM50 dining vouchers from The BIG Group... thank you :)

Baby C dressed up as a witch ... painted a spider and spider web on her face with green make-up around her eyes. And a custom-made spider ring by daddy.

Custom-made spider ring

Location: Dessert Storm, Ben's Independent Grocer (B.I.G), Lot No. 1A, 83-95, Level UG1, Publika, Solaris Dutamas, Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: 03-6209 1700

GPS Coordinates: 3.1711, 101.66583


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Lavender Farm + Vegetable/Flower Farm + Mushroom Farm @ Gohtong Jaya, Genting Highlands

Before picking strawberries at the Genting Strawberry Leisure Farm, we first visited the lavender farm located right beside it. Entrance fee is RM3 per adult and RM1 per child. Although the lavender farm is quite small, it is still worthwhile to visit if you are a nature or photography enthusiast. Children will get to explore and enjoy the beautiful surroundings.

A sea of purple..

If I am not mistaken, this is an extension of a larger lavender farm in Cameron Highlands. The lavender are planted in a large plot in the centre and then fenced off with white picket fence. No entry is allowed, so you just gotta snap photos from outside the fence line. Other types of flowers line the walls such as morning glory. You will also find lots of yellow daisies as well as honey bees here. 

Once you have finished taking photos, there is a small gift shop at the front, selling lavender products. Oh by the way, when you walk through the entrance, you will smell lavender but it's definitely not from the flowers. 

Morning glory

Yellow daisies and honey bees

My cute darling children... Baby C in her pink tutu skirt ;)

Fern in boots

Peach rose

After visiting the lavender garden, we picked strawberries with the kids and then proceeded to the exit. It will probably take you about 20 minutes to get to the exit since you will go through all types of stalls as well as a vegetable/flower farm/shop and a mushroom farm.

Pine cone

They were selling honey here, and there was a small display with some honey bees. 

Never seen tongkat ali root before, so I thought I'd take a photo. Tongkat ali, known as eurycoma longifolia is a type of medicinal plant.

We have a look around the vegetable and flower farm once we got there. I was hoping to find some herbs here which I can add to my herb garden, but they only had stevia. Lots of cactus, hydroponic vegetables, some other type of organic vegetables, passion fruit, crown daisy and even strawberry plants. 

Cactus

Red rose

Lettuce, grown hydroponically

Crown daisy

Stevia, natural sweetener

Passion fruit

The final stop before exiting the place is the mushroom farm. Different varieties of mushrooms are grown in large canisters filled with a mixture of saw dust, paddy husk and lime. A pretty interesting insight for the children.

Black jelly mushroom

White oyster mushroom

Opening hours: 9.00am to 6.00pm daily. There is no entrance fee to all the other farms, except the lavender farm (RM3 for adults, RM1 for kids)

To get here, drive towards Gohtong Jaya signage, then when you arrive at the town, there will be signage leading towards "Genting Strawberry Leisure Farm."

Location: Genting Strawberry Leisure Farms, No.1, Lot 3707, Jalan Jati 2, Bandar Gohtong Jaya, 69000 Genting Highlands, Pahang Darul Makmur. Malaysia.

Tel: + 603-6100 1121

Website: http://www.gentingstrawberry.com/index.htm

GPS Coordinates: 3.398617,101.766817


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