I want my favorite dumplings

I was flipping thru a chinese dim sum cookbook and to my surprise,  I saw the  recipe and the most salivating picture of my favorite dumpling. 

I'm talking about teochew peach-shaped dumplings. It has the shape of a peach, thus the name.  This has been made popular by the Teochew clan.  This dumpling is comfort food to me. Love love love eating this when I was a kid. Sigh....this really brought back sweet memories.

This dumpling is made from a thin skin of flour, with main ingredients fillings of cooked glutinuous rice, mushroom slices, shallots & small pieces of hard tofu, and some version has dried prawns as well.

After the dumplings have been shaped (usually with the help of a wooden or plastic mould), they are steamed.  They can eaten with chilli sauce or sweet soya sauce, or simply by itself.  I prefer mine pan fried after it has steamed. I just love the crispy taste of the skin.

I remembered eating a lot of these during the days when my grandma was still alive.  These days, they are a little hard to find in markets as not many people made these anymore.  Sad but true. Heck, I can't even find these in KL!

Not too long ago, I found out that my vegetarian aunt has been making these dumplings on a regular basis, either for prayer food or family consumption.    As luck would have it, I have now been able to eat my favorite dumplings again (once in a blue moon though); and would usually request that she made some whenever I return to hometown. 

As much as I love eating this, I can't picture myself making these dumplings.  As my mom puts it, just to made the skin of the dumplings, one needs practice and the correct measurement of the ingredients.  Hmmm.....not easy! 

Dreaming of these dumplings already....