Session 2 - 餃jiăo 子zi Cooking Dumplings

Today we are making dumplings! Yummy! Chinese dumplings ususally have some sort of minced meat and chopped vegetables, and all of this is wrapped in a circular dough skin which we call pi. Mmm.... yummy, yummy! I can't wait until we finish 包bāo 餃jiăo 子zi , so we can eat it! Dumplings are essential to Chinese people's diet. Chinese people like to eat dumplings especially during the Chinese New Year. Why do you think that is? Well, there is a tradition that Chinese people make dumplings during the New Year because dumplings look like this:


This is an ingot or known to chinese people as 元yuán 寶băo . Chinese people like to put lucky coins in the dumplings during Chinese New Years, but not every dumpling has the coins. Whoever eats the dumpling with the coin, it is said that that person will have good fortune and luck for the following year. So its kind of like King Cake for Mardi Gras.

Zhu lao shi helps the kids 包bāo 餃jiăo 子zi .

Adol and Emma are very interested in learning how to cook chinese cuisine.

Zhu lao shi shows everyone how to make a pretty 餃jiăo 子zi , but I think we should stick to the basic way of making dumplings for now.

The cooking teacher helps everyone get started on their wonderful journey to make 餃jiăo 子zi .

Our TAs are helping to make 餃jiăo 子zi too because they don't want to miss out on the fun.

Now that everyone knows how to bao 餃jiăo 子zi , maybe they can make some at home!