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Wontons

Preparation time :: 20 minutes.
Cooking time :: 25 minutes.
Serves :: 4.

An ever popular chinese starter.

Ingredients.

• For the wontons - wonton wrappers
• oil for deep frying.
• For the wonton stuffing -
• 1 teacup boiled noodles.
• 2 teacups finely chopped cabbage.
• 2 onions, finely chopped.
• 1 carrot, grated.
• 1 teacup bean sprouts.
• 1/2 teaspoon Ajinomoto powder (optional).
• 1 teaspoon soya sauce.
• 2 tablespoons oil.
• salt to taste.
• To Serve - green garlic sauce.
• For the tempering -
• 2 teaspoons chopped garlic.
• 2 tablespoons chopped spring onions.
• 1/2 teaspoon chopped green chillies.
• 1 tablespoon oil.
• salt to taste.

Preparation.

For the wonton stuff

1. Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan on a high flame. Add the cabbage, onions, carrot, bean sprouts and Ajinomoto and stir fry over a high flame for 3 minutes.
2. Add the noodles, soya sauce and salt.

For the wontons

1. Roll out the wrapper dough into thin circles of about 65 mm. diameter.
2. Put a little stuffing in the centre of each dough circle and fold over to make a semi-circle. Bring the ends together and press.
3. Repeat with the remaining dough and stuffing.

For fried wontons

1. Deep fry the wontons in oil.
2. Serve with green garlic and chilli garlic sauce.

For steamed wontons

1. Arrange the wontons on a greased plate and steam for 10 minutes.
2. Prepare the tempering by heating the oil in a wok or frying pan on a high flame and stir frying the garlic, spring onions and green chillies for a few seconds. Add salt.
3. Pour the tempering over the steamed wontons and serve hot.