Bak chang master shows his skills in wrapping dumplings

Lor (right) showing special needs children Oscar Yap (in blue T-shirt) and Lee Xiu De (left) the way to wrap a traditional bak chang. Helping them is their teacher Lee Chein Hui (second from left) and Teoh. — Photos: LOW BOON TAT/The Star

NINE hours is how long it takes to cook a two-kilogramme giant bak chang (glutinous rice meat dumpling), which when shared among seven people, can be finished in a matter of minutes.

Filled with many handfuls of ingredients like roast chicken, roast duck, roast pork, mushroom, rice, dried shrimp and dried oyster, this huge dumpling takes about five minutes to wrap.