Use your hands and work a ball of modeling clay that is approximately the size of your palm into a pancake shape 1/4-inch thick.

用你的手把纸粘土攥成一个球形，在手掌中拍扁了以后大概是个煎饼大小，1/4英尺厚。

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Shape dough into ball and place it on the prepared sheet.

把面团整成圆球状，然后放到备好的烤纸上。

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Oxtongue here is also special. Shape it into a ball, fry, and put sesame, then put sauce, it can be eaten.

另外就是牛舌，做得很特别，把它捏成球，炸一下，裹上芝麻，蘸上秘制酱，凉了以后也不腻。

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People form containers by pressing a ball of clay into a given shape.

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Shape the dough into a ball.

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Besides, you avoid biting into a chunky piece of dough, as can happen when the dumpling is ball-shape.

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