Dumpling wrappers/filling/dipping sauce

Описание: dumpling wrappers/Filling/dipping sauce at home

Ingredients
No’s-18 dumplings

STUFFING
-2 carrots finely diced
-1 cup cabbage finely diced
-Spring onions finely chopped
-6 garlic finely chopped
-1/2 tbsp dark soy
-1 tbsp Oyster (optional)
-1/2 tsp black pepper
-1/2 tsp vinegar
-1/2 small cubes veg stock
-2 tbsp veg oil+ 1 tsp sesame oil
-Salt to taste

-Heat oil add garlic stir till they are nice & brown add cabbage, carrot, green onion, sprinkle veg stock, salt add sauce mixture
-Stir until veggies are nice dry
-Switch off the gas


TO MAKE DUMPLINGS WRAPPERS
-1 glass plain flour
-hot water as required
-1/4 tsp salt

-Put the flour on a larger bowl add salt , add hot water to the flour gradually use wooden/rubber spatula or use hand knead together -If dough is little sticky but don’t worry dust little flour & start kneading the dough for 5-8 minutes it should feel smooth (kneed to a firm dough)
-Cover the dough with a damp towel let it rest for 30 minutes
-Once rested divided the dough, take small portions of the dough (large lemon size) roll each dough with the palm of both hands into a long rope (you can see my video )on floured surface
-Using a knife cut each rope into pieces little bigger then marble size
-Roll each pieces of dough Into a small ball and press each piece into a small disc with the palm of your hand & use a rolling pin to flatten into a thin disc
-Roll into thinner around the edges & slightly thicker on the center.
( or the shorter way out and roll out a big circle then use a round cutter and cut smaller circles. It just saves a lot of time thinner around the edges )

DIPPING SAUCE
-4 tbsp soy
-1 tbsp Chinese vinegar or balsamic vinegar or rice vinegar
-1 tsp hot sauce
-2 tbsp chili oil
-dash sugar
-dash salt
-Mix altogether set aside.

-COOK THE DUMPLINGS
-Wet the edge with a little water to seal the dough
-Scoop 1 tsp fillings place it on the center of the wrapper
-Hold the dumpling with one hand
And crimp together forming small pleats sealing the edges with a other hand (refer to my video to see how I fold a dumpling) press again and seal well
-repeat with a remaining filling & wrappers
-once the dumplings are ready, Cook them straightaway otherwise the moister from the filling would make the wrappers wet & therefore easy to tear
-To prevent dumplings sticking to the pan, rub oil or you can use cabbage leaves to line the steamer
-boil the water before add the dumplings
-Place them into the steamer about 1 finger apart
-cook on medium heat until steam comes out Leave to cook, without peeking into the steamer, for 10 minutes or until the dumplings are completely cooked through.
-(once the dumplings are ready? Cook them straightaway otherwise the moister from the filling would make the wrappers wet & therefore easy to tear)

-Serve immediately with dipping sauce

NOTE
(How Make & keep the wrappers)
Make them In advance, sprinkle extra flour in between each wrappers . You must wrap the
Dumplings wrappers with a layer of plastic wrap first . sprinkle some flour in between each wrapper before stacking.
(Or What I did was I placed aluminium foil between the dumplings wrappers )
Place them in a air-tight plastic bag squeeze out the air as much as possible & or store them In a Tiffin
-Freeze them
-Defrost before using them )