Judaism
Skillet Rosemary Chicken
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/skillet-rosemary-chicken-recipe/index.html

Beef Kefta - Meatballs from the Islamic religion.

http://islamic-cookingclub.blogspot.com/2009/09/beef-kefta-meatballs.html

I'm a Christian so I chose it.

Meet "POSOLE"

Here's my dish: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/photos/posole-rojo-d.jpg

Here's the recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/posole-151457

I'm insanely busy this weekend, so I have to just supply what I would've most likely made.

Religion: Judaism

Kreplach

Picture and Recipe: http://www.chabad.org/holidays/purim/article_cdo/aid/1364/jewish/Fancy-Kreplach.htm

For this challenge, I want to make something unique. I'm going to incorporate Confucianism in my dish. And, like I did in a previous challenge, I'm going to make two variations of my dish, the normal boiled version and the fried version. Plus, I'm going to add flower petals in my dish! They may look simple on the outside but the surprise is in the complex and subtle flavors! I hope you enjoy!

Confucian Chrysanthemum Shrimp Dumplings

Ingredients:

250g shrimps
sea cucumbers soaked in water
dried mushrooms soaked in water
Chinese water chestnuts
ham
500g lard
3 egg whites
Chrysanthemum petals

Directions:

Cut the shrimps in two.
Dice the sea cucumbers, water chestnuts, dried mushrooms, chrysanthemum, and ham, scald, drain and transfer to a plate, add seasoning, leave for 5 minutes, then add eggwhite, cornstarch, stir well to make the filling.
Cut the pork fat into five slices each 8cm-long, 8cm-wide, smear each slice with filling, roll up, putting a shrimp in each end.
Coat the lard slices evenly with eggwhite batter.
Heat oil to 5-fold hot, drop in the shrimp dumplings one by one.

Make another round of dumplings. Deep-fry this second batch till golden brown.

Make 4 cuts in each dumpling so as to look like a lotus.

Picture of the normal boiled version:

http://www.google.com.ph/imgres?q=delicious+dumplings&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbnid=0x5_uZKvZ_5Y9M:&imgrefurl=http://www.chengduliving.com/5-best-local-food-spots-dumplings-and-baozi/&docid=0R5SkfyIeF0GWM&imgurl=http://www.chengduliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dumplings.jpg&w=260&h=300&ei=n-1nUNPqJ6jNmgWc5IDYBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=775&vpy=245&dur=198&hovh=240&hovw=208&tx=182&ty=177&sig=102353985234189962519&page=1&tbnh=139&tbnw=121&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0,i:109

Picture of the fried version:

http://www.google.com.ph/imgres?q=delicious+dumplings&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbnid=DsmPdfySbpcSuM:&imgrefurl=http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-image-delicious-dumplings-image12517806&docid=du-hf7Sd1Ra3GM&itg=1&imgurl=http://www.dreamstime.com/delicious-dumplings-thumb12517806.jpg&w=400&h=267&ei=k-xnUP2xGYTymAXcw4CwDA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=568&vpy=349&dur=3122&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=180&ty=73&sig=10235398523418996

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CHALLENGE CLOSED!