If she was planning to make sui gau (water dumplings) or wonton for lunch ... substitute with an equal amount of the more conventional Chinese (napa) cabbage.

These easy Chinese dumplings are stuffed with pork mince, celery, mushroom, ginger and garlic and served in a spicy soy broth. They are shaped into the ingot shape, which is traditional for Lunar ...

Open the package of dumpling wrappers and arrange a few on the work space in front of you. Place 1 scant tablespoon of filling on each dumpling wrapper: It doesn’t look like much filling ...