饺子 (Jiao zi) is the word for dumplings in Chinese. This Tuesday, we had an opportunity of learning how to make jiaozi, using pre-made filling and store-sold dumpling skins, 饺子皮 (jiao zi pi).
Before the hands-on wrapping, together we read Wikipedia entry on Jiaozi, learning about the history, origin, meaning and variety of jiaozi in Chinese culture. We also watched pictures of Jiao zi yan, dumpling banquet, and got inspired by all those colorful and different shapes of jiao zi. Therefore, when its our own turn of making them, we were able to be so creative that you may not be able to recognize what we are actually making! Just kidding. ; ) Actually, we did an amazing job of making jiao zi, considering it's our very first time of doing this. It seems a fairly easy task for the most part, if we are not doing any fancy seal.
However, I have to admit that this was just a simplified version of making jiaozi. If you'd like to try it from scratch, here's some step-by-step instruction online that looks pretty thorough on this topic:
I hope you
enjoyed not only making them at school but also cooking and eating jiao zi at home! I'm looking forward to hearing your feedback on Thursday!
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