The Dragon Boat festival (which falls on 25th June) is approaching and it is this time of the year that a lot of dumplings, savoury and sweet will be on sale. There are a few legends linking to this festival and if you are keen to know more about the festival, just take a look 'here'. My mum used to make delicious dumplings and when she was making them, my siblings and I would hover around her requesting her to make special ones for us, with more filling, and we would make our markings on them. It's a pity that I wasn't able to learn the art of wrapping dumplings with bamboo leaves from her but now through watching videos and surfing the internet, somehow managed to make a mock dumpling with lotus leaves. I tried to replicate the Cantonese dumpling by using the ingredients that my mum used to wrap the dumplings. Steamed Savoury Dumplings in Lotus leaf ~ 荷叶肉粽 Ingredients 400 gm glutinous rice, washed, rins...