Jin Dui Jai

Name: Jin Dui Jai
Yield: 30 to 35 dumplings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 recipe Glutinous Rice Dough; ⅓ cup white sesame seeds; 4 to 5 cups peanut oil; ½ recipe (2 cups) Red Bean Paste Filling or 1 can of commercial red bean paste

Glutinous Sesame Seed Dumplings

Preparation info

30 to 35
dumplings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Dim Sum Book

By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

Published 1982

About

These dim sum are favored by Buddhist monks during the New Year celebrations. A truly observant Buddhist, for example, attaches so much importance to this preparation that he would not prepare it unless the day was propitious, according to the Chinese calendar. But you can make it anytime, whether or not you are a Buddhist or a monk.

Ingredients

½ recipe (2 cups) Red Bean Paste Filling or 1 can of commercial re

Asia
China
Starter
New Year

Method

Prepare the filling and the dough.
Follow steps 4 through 6 for preparing Glutinous Rice Dough Dumplings.
Place 1½ teaspoons of filling in the center of the dough circle. Gather up the sides of the dough, and, with your fingers, turn and crimp until the dough is formed into a round shape. Roll the dumpl