There is a lot of love for dumplings in my household & we usually just buy the frozen ones, but on the odd occasion I do make them as well. The one thing that makes dumpling making a whole lot easier is a dumpling press, it seals the edges really well so that your dumplings stay together & you don't get filling leaking out everywhere.
For the filling of my dumplings, I chopped up some button mushrooms, shitake mushrooms, silverbeet & water chestnuts which I cooked off in a frying pan with garlic, ginger, some silken tofu & a splash of veg oyster sauce. Once it was all cooked through I put a teaspoon of the filling in a dumpling wrapper & pressed - easy! They were then steamed for around 5-10 minutes until the wrappers were looking translucent. I drizzled them with a mixture of soy sauce, black vinegar & chilli paste & served these with scallion flatbread which I also made last MoFo.
They look great, I suck at making dumplings, so think I really need to get a dumpling press, is it small though?
ReplyDeleteThe dumpling press is small, probably not more than 10cms across, but it came in a set with 2 bigger sized ones as well.
ReplyDeletewhere did you get the dumpling press from? i've never heard of it before!! yum!! thanks :) x
ReplyDeleteWhy have I not thought of getting a dumpling press before? Genius!
ReplyDeleteOnika - I got it from Minh Phat in Richmond, but I think that any big Asian supermarket would have them. The dumpling press is awesome, you can also use it to make ravioli & curry puffs :)
ReplyDeleteyou make it sounds effortless but they sound amazing and I am sure they are far better than the frozen ones
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