Asian Soup with Dumplings

The dumplings for this soup can be made either with crab meat - tinned, frozen, ready-dressed crab, or you can of course prepare your own crab, but that is an awful lot of work just to make dumplings - or cooked prawns. It’s a Nonya dish (the Nonyas are a community of Han Chinese long based in Penang and famous for their delicious cuisine) and like so many Asian soups requires a good clear stock. And for this you will have your own ready-made stock cubes to h