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Chayotte Dumplings (Boulette Chouchou) Recipe

Recipe Overview

The Sino-Mauritian recipe for chayotte dumplings in Mauritius is good for your health, easy to prepare and taste great.

Recipe Ingredients

500g chayotte
100g tapioca starch
100g minced meat (or dried shrimps)
1 tsp soy sauce
2 tsp salt

Instructions

Peel and grate the chayottes and salt them.
Leave for 15 min, wring well in a cloth and set aside.
Combine tapioca starch, minced meat, soy sauce and chayotte.
Salt and knead.
Form the dumplings with the dough and steam for 20 minutes.
For Tapioca starch, the dosage can vary, I advise you to ball a dumpling and put in the steamer, if your dumplings flatten, add starch to the mixture, knead again and try steaming again.