Glutinous rice dumpling (hom sui gok)

Glutinous rice dumpling is variety of dim sum that originates from Guangdong province, China as well as from Macau and Hong Kong. It is common to find in Hong Kong and in Guangdong province at dim sum restaurants. In America, it is a rare dish that is sometimes found in dim sum restaurants, but more often in bakeries.

Glutinous rice dumpling is a deep-fried dumpling that has a sweet dumpling wrapper and a savory filling. The most important ingredient of the crispy sweet skin of the dumpling the glutinous rice flour (sweet rice flour), which creates its chewy texture. Sugar or yam is used to sweeten the dumpling wrapper. The crispy outer layer of the dumpling is very similar to the sesame ball (jian dui).The filling is commonly made of dried or fresh shrimp, shiitake mushrooms, ground pork, sesame oil, oyster sauce, and scallions.

Other names

 * hom sui gok
 * gai leung (Taishan dialect), or gai loong (chicken coop) are similar but have a different dough