Different Variants of The Dim Sum Family

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Different Variants of The Dim Sum Family
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Dim sums

• The literally meaning of this word is touch the
  heart in Chinese. Prepared using any flour, most
  dim sums are made of potato, rice, or what flour.
  Once cooked, these can be semi-transparent or
  completely transparent. While the momos are most
  rustic, this cousin of it is posher. Its minced
  or finely chopped stuffing makes it a fine dining
  dish.

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Dumplings

• Did you know that while the filling of other
  Asian delicacies can be alternated, the outer
  covering of a dumpling, too, has various options?
  It can either be sweet or savoury make it with
  bread, flour, or potatoes. These can be baked,
  fried, boiled, or steamed. As for the filling,
  chicken dumplings, veg dumplings, fish or any
  other protein can be used. Also, these are often
  served with gravy, stew, broth, or soup.

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Potstickers

• Not very different from dumplings, these are
  usually filled with pork and cabbage. You could
  also change things up with shitake mushrooms or
  carrot for vegetarian options. Folded into a
  pleated crescent moon shape, these are thrown
  into a pot of boiling water to cook, or can also
  be steamed and then pan-fried for that crispy
  texture yet juicy filling. These are incomplete
  without a soy and rice vinegar dipping sauce.

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Wontons

• These can be called the dumplings siblings
  because wontons are stuffed just like them, but
  are fried to perfection until the covering is
  golden brown. These usually have garlic and
  ginger as a part of the fillings which together
  with the crispy covering enhance the flavour of
  this dish immensely. They can also be folded in a
  more square-ish shape and their appearance, as
  well as taste, makes them, easy to differentiate
  from the rest.

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Momos

• This Tibetan delicacy is probably the simplest of
  its south Asian group of cousins. Now, it comes
  as no surprise that so many restaurants and
  street vendors have these on their menus. Simple
  soft wheat flour and a filling of your choice are
  all you need. After you stuff them and fold them
  in your desired shape, you can choose to cook
  them in the way you like. A pan fried momo is a
  little golden brown on the bottom and soft on the
  top. Irrespective of the cooking style, they are
  all served with a spicy and tangy momo chutney.

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