Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl and pour in the water little by little while mixing with chopsticks or a fork. Do not pour in all at once as you may need to make sure of the consistency.

Once the water is mixed in, knead with your hands to get a "earlobe softness"

Roll into a rope one inch in width.

Divide the rope into 16

Roll each portion into a ball

Boil a pot of water and drop the balls in. Boil for 4 minutes

Remove the balls from the pan and place it in a bowl of ice water to cool

Display the dumplings in a pyramid shape. There are 2 theories on how many dumplings to display. It is either 15, 13, or 12 or 13 (on a leap year).　If you are displaying 15, the 1st layer - 9 balls, 2nd layer - 4 balls and 3rd layer 2 balls.