Steaming

Dumplings

1. The type of steaming used for cooking our dumplings was low-pressure steam. This is done by frying the dumplings and then we put a bit of water in the frying pan and put the lid over the dumplings and all them to steam.
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3. The qualities we were looking for in our ingredients for the dumplings were that there were no blemishes in the cabbage and that it was bright in colour.

4. Serving quantity for dumplings was half a dozen per person.

5. We mixed all the ingredients together and made sure that they were cut into small and even sizes to make sure that they would cook evenly. 

6. Firstly we fried our dumplings in a pan on the stove for a couple of minutes till they were nice tan colour on the outside. We then put a bit of water in the pan and put a lid over the pan and let the dumplings steam for a couple of minutes. This was done at 100 degrees.

Lemon Fish

1. The type of steaming used for our lemon fish with vegetables was low pressure steam. This was done in a bamboo steaming basket that was on top of a pan filled with a bit of water.

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3. The qualities we were looking for in our fish were that it was bright in colour and that there were no signs of it beginning to rot. As for our vegetables we checked to see that they were bright in colour.
4. The quantity of fish for each person was a palm sized piece of the fish and as for our vegetables we had to have 2-3 and a half cups of veges.
5. For our fish we had to put in baking paper and seasoned it with salt and pepper, lemons and spring onions. For our vegetable we had to slice our carrots to make sure they were the same size as our peas and wrapped them small bunches with string to be ready for steaming.
6. For both out fish and veges we put a bit of water into a pan and then out our fish and veges into a steaming basket. This was done at a low pressure steam. Our fish took about 10-12 mins to steam. We checked to make sure our fish wasn't over or under cooked by being able to put a knife through and for it to come out nice and smoothly without it falling apart. But as for our veges it only took a couple of mins. Once they were done steaming we made sure that the veges didn't look all mushy or that they wouldn't fall apart.