Homemade Veggie Dumplings

Much easier than it looks but a great starter or canape to impress your guests...

Ingredients:

1 Carrot
1 Red Onion
Chinese Cabbage
Garlic
Red Chillie
Ginger
Soy sauce
Wonton Pastry Skins (available from you local chinese supermarket)

Method:

1. Cut up all your ingredients (carrot, red onion, cabbage, garlic, ginger and chillie) really small, as small as you can, at least smaller than 1/2 cm. This makes it easier for when you are making the parcels.

2. Place in a frying pan with a dash of soy sauce and a few tablespoons of water, the idea is to just soft all the veg. Leave for 5 to 10 minutes, adding more water when necessary and stiring occasionally.

3. Take off the heat and sieve to remove any excess liquid and leave to stand for 5 to 10 minutes to cool and dry off.

3. Take your wonton skins and place a teaspoon of the mixture in the middle (picture 1), dip your finger in a little water and wet the edges and corners then take the opposite corners and bring them together (picture 2), once they are all together in the middle (picture 3) then using your fingers to bring them all together and stick to give final look like in final picture above.

4. In a frying plan place a tablespoon of vegetable or groundnut oil and heat gently.  Once smoking slightly add the dumplings carefully - I use tongs.

5. Fry dumplings until the bottoms are browned, use tongs to lift and check one dumpling.

6. Once browned get a jug of water and very carefully poor a few tablespoons of water over the top of the dumplings (it will bubble and smoke lots when the water hits the oil but thats fine just do it quickly) and imedietely put a lid on and leave for 2 minutes to allow the dumplings to steam, giving the pan a little shake every now and then to make sure they arent sticking.

7. Remove and place on a plate and serve with sweet chillie sauce and soy sauce!