Question

     Chinese boiled dumplings are not only delicious to eat but also easy to make.
     First,make the filling.You can choose your favorite meat,say pork,beef,or mutton,chop it up and mix it with chopped yellow scallions or cabbage.Meanwhile you had better put in seasonings such as salt,soy sauce,pepper,sesame oil,chopped green onion and ginger to get your favorite flavor.Stir the ingredients in a container well to make them evenly mixed.
     Second,make the dough.You should measure your wheat flour to go with the filling,put it in a container,pour water hit by bit,stir it strenuously to make it sticky,then let it rest for about 20 minutes.After that you can cut part of the dough and put it on pastry hoard,knead it and cut it into small pieces.You press each piece with the pahn of your hand slightly and then roll it with a rolling pin into a round piece.
    Finally comes the stage of folding the dough to make dumplings.You should hold a dough piece horizontally in your left hand,put a suitable amount of filling onto the central part,fold the side around the filling,press the upper-central part of it firmly and make firm and nice lace from left to right around the fold edge to make your finished product better-looking and free from leakage.
     The Chinese make dumplings when family or friends are together on holidays.You just imagine the heartening talk and intimate atmosphere created while people are sitting together to make dumplings!

 

1.What is the passage about?

2.What do people usually put in the dumplings?

3.How long will it take to let the dough rest?

4.How many steps are there when making dumplings?

5.When do the Chinese usually make dumplings?

Answer 1

1. How to make Chinese boiled dumplings.

2. People usually put  meat and seasonings in the dumplings.

3. 20 minutes.

4. Three.

5. When family or friends are together on holidays.