Tibetan New Year's Eve Soup With Dumplings

• 2 pounds Lean Beef Stew Meat
• 3 quarts Water
• 1 cup Onions (sliced)
• 1 cup Leeks (sliced)
• 1 cup Celery (sliced)
• 2 cups Napa Cabbage (sliced)
• 2 tsp Salt
• 1 Bay Leaf
• 1 tsp Turmeric Seeds
• 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
• ½ tsp hot pepper flakes

• 4 cups Flour
• ½ tsp Salt
• 1 cup Water
• Flour (for dusting)

• Sugar Cube
• Raw Bean
• Small piece of Wood
• Wool String
• Piece of Charcoal
• Folded Paper
• Pebble
• Hot Chili Pepper
• Cotton Ball

• Chop the meat into small cubes.
• Place the meat cubes in a large pot and pour 3 quarts of water.
• Boil the water and then simmer for one hour.
• Add onions, leeks, celery, Napa cabbage, salt, bay leaf, turmeric seeds, mustard seeds and pepper flakes. Stir well.
• Simmer the soup for another one hour till the meat is done.
• Remove from heat and keep the soup hot.

• Sift flour into a large mixing bowl.
• Add salt and knead stiff dough using electric mixer, while adding water, on slow speed.
• Transfer the dough to floured working surface and knead the dough again.
• Shape the dough into a long roll.
• Divide the roll into 9 equal pieces.
• Flatten each dough piece using your palm.
• Place one fortune symbol in each dumpling.
• Moisten the dough edges water and seal the dumpling.
• Fill a wide soup pot with plenty of water and boil it.
• Add the dumplings to the water and simmer for about 15 minutes.
• Remove and transfer the dumplings to a large plate.
• Let each person pick up one dumpling and open to find their fortune.
• Serve hot soup thereafter.