Dim Sum Quiz

[fitfool]

I love dim sum but now that Chinatown is no longer a subway ride away, I'd like to make some of these dishes at home. But...I don't know what things are called. So quiz time. Here are 10 dim sum dishes. Give the name of the dish. Bonus points given to offering the recipe too (but with the name I can try googling for recipes). I know what some of them are called but I like having an even 10 questions on the quiz. :)

	1. The white part is slippery and is filled with shrimp. The soy sauce is slightly thicker and sweet. This is my Favorite dish.		2. Crunchy deep-fried something.
	3. I don't see these as often but I liked them.		4. some kind of shrimp filling
	5. a greyish purplish inside with consistency of mashed potatoes. Outside is crispy.		6. Lots of shrimp inside.
	7. My mom made these when we were kids.		8. filled with shrimp
	9. These are more trouble to eat than they're worth though they are tasty.		10. Warm and eaten as dessert. Slippery feeling.

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Comments

[aliki.livejournal.com]

2. Looks like spider crabs? It is deep fried soft-shell crabs?
3. Can't make that out but I'm guessing that's eggplant with shrimp paste stuffing.
6. Deep fried shrimp ball.

I make this version, which is similar and tastes real good. I devein, deshell and remove the tail:

Crispy Prawn Balls
4 slices white bread, crusts removed and cut into 1 cm cubes
8 oz white fish fillets, minced
8oz uncooked prawns, peeled, deveined and minced
2 teaspoons salt
pinch of ground white pepper
2 egg whites, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons corn flour
2 slices root ginger, peeled and finely chopped
600 ml (1 pint) vegetable oil
butter

1. Toast bread cubes lightly until light brown and dry.
2. Mix together minced fish, prawns, salt, pepper, egg whites, corn flour and finely chopped ginger. Form together into balls using 1 tablespoon per ball. Put a slab of butter in middle. Roll each ball in the croutons until coated.
3. Heat oil in wok to 350oF or until cube of bread browns in 30 seconds. Gently lower balls into oil. Deep-fry until brown.

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

2. Nope...no crabs. I think it's another shrimp paste stuffing with shredded taro on the outside and then deep fried.
3. Yep...sorry that one was out of focus.
6. My mom made these shrimp balls for company! I don't think her version used fish though the rest of it looks familiar. (oh except for the butter in the middle...what's that for? I don't think she did that either.)

I had coincidentally bought some small shrimp that were on sale this weekend and was going to google for shrimp ball recipes. Thanks for yours!