Chinese Pork Dumpling Soup from Mighty Spice Cookbook by John Gregory-Smith

Ingredients

• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp light soy sauce
• 200 g/7 oz Chinese leaf lettuce, finely sliced
• 1 large handful coriander leaves, roughly chopped
• 4 spring onions, cut into thin batons
• 2 1/2 cm/1 in piece root ginger, peeled and finely grated
• 2 spring onions, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 250 g/9 oz minced pork
• 5 cm/2 in piece root ginger, peeled and roughly sliced
• 1 garlic clove
• 1.21/40 fl oz/4¾ cups chicken stock
• 2 star anise