Teochew Dry Kiaw/Keow is one of the dishes which I enjoy a lot. Mind you, it is not cheap to enjoy a bowl of this Singapore speciality. Currently, to eat a decently good bowl of kiaw/keow from Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodles, you’ll have to pay about SGD6.00. And in this bowl there is only 10 pieces or less kiaw in it.  🙁

Yesteryears when we were away from Singapore, this is one of the dishes that I will cook for my family. And now my daughter who is living abroad will make kiaw/keow when she is home sick. To her this is comfort food. Hopefully this will be a trend that will carry on from generation to generation.  Hahaha.

I have searched for a good recipe for this dish but I only came across many recipes on Dry Mee Pok and I found a very interesting recipe that teaches how to make the Teochew Her Kiaw/Keow (Teochew Fish Dumpling) from scratch (which I might attempt some time later. This actually motivated me to write out the recipe to share with all of you. I think it is a keep as this is another iconic dish which is unique and only found in Singapore.

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Serves 4 to 5 persons

Ingredients

420g of minced pork

80 pieces Wanton Skin

1 small dry squid (optional)

Some dry black fungus (optional)

Some Coriander leaves, chopped (optional)

For the Seasoning:

2 tablespoons of fish sauce

Dashes of white pepper

2 tablespoons of Chinese wine

1 tablespoon of oyster sauce

Other Ingredients:

2 pieces of tik poh (dried sole fish 扁鱼乾)

2 pieces of fish cakes

100g of beansprouts

Black vinegar

Sambal chilli

Some coriander leaves

Some spring onions

Method:

Preparation of ingredients:

1. Soak the dry squid in some water.
2. Once it is soft, remove the skin and clean the squid.
3. Cut into small pieces and set aside.
4. Soak the dry black fungus in some water.
5. Once it has expanded, rinse and drain away the water.
6. Cut into small pieces and set aside.
7. Rinse the minced pork and drain away the water.
8. Add the squid and black fungus.
   
9. Add in all the seasoning.
   
10. Combine well and cover. Set aside in the refrigerator for half an hour.
11. Rinse the tik poh and tap dry.
12. Heat up a pan with some oil.
13. Pan fry the tik poh till crispy.
14. Dish out the tik poh and set aside.
15. Transfer the oil into a small bowl for later use.
16. Slice the fish cake and set aside.
17. Remove the tails from the beansprout. Rinse and set aside.

Wrapping the kiaw/keow

18. Remove the marinated pork from the refrigerator.
19. Put some water in a small dish.
20. Lay a wonton wrapper on your palm or a clean cutting board.
    
21. Place a teaspoon of filling at the lower half of the wrapper near a corner.
    
22. Fold the corner over the filling and fold again to cover the filling. Do not fold all the way up, leave the opposite corner free.
    
23. Flatten the two ends of the wrapper. Pull them together and press firmly.
    
24. Use some water to seal.
25. Continue to wrap till all the wanton skin or meat is used up.
    

Cooking the kiaw/keow

26. Put some water into a big pot/pan and bring it to boil.
27. Once the water is boiling, give a quick blanch for the fish cake and beansprouts and then set aside.
    
28. Make sure the water is boiling before you add in the kiaw/keow to cook.
29. When all the kiaw/keow has floated to the top of the water, remove them from the heat.
    
30. Transfer them to a strainer and put them under running tap so that they stop cooking.
31. Drain and set aside.

Assembling the kiaw/keow for serving

32. In a bowl, pour in some vinegar (I used about 1 ½ tablespoons), some sambal chilli (I used 2 teaspoons), some fish sauce (I used ¼ teaspoon), some oil (Use the oil you used to fry the tik poh (I used ¼ teaspoon) and mix well.
33. Dish the kiaw/keow into the mixture (20 dumplings per person), some fish cakes, some beansprouts, crushed tik poh and toss them well.
34. Garnish with some coriander and spring onions.
    

Note:

1. The amount of vinegar, chilli, fish sauce and oil which I used are just a guide. You may adjust according to your taste.
2. If you do not want to add the optional ingredients into the pork, increase the pork quantity to 450g.
3. You may replace the pork with chicken.