Vegetable Dumplings
These dim sums are a healthy treat, because they’re full of veggies and they’re steamed-not fried. Finely chopped vegetables go in as a filling into dim sum shells made of flour and steamed until done. Eat them hot with the red and black sauces. Delicious!
Servings Prep Time
25 15minutes
Cook Time
30minutes
Servings Prep Time
25 15minutes
Cook Time
30minutes
Ingredients
For The Dough
For The Vegetable Filling
For The Red Sauce
For The Black Sauce
Instructions
For the vegetable filling
  1. Heat the oil in the wok, add the ginger and sauté for for a while.
  2. Add all the remaining ingredients and sauté for a few more minutes.
  3. Remove from heat and divide into 25 equal portions. Keep aside to cool.
For the red sauce
  1. Boil a vesselful of water and put the tomato in it for a few minutes. Remove, peel and keep aside.
  2. Dry roast the red chillies till they are crisp.
  3. Combine the tomato, garlic, dry red chillies and salt and blend to a smooth sauce. Keep aside.
For the black sauce
  1. Combine all the ingredients and mix well. Keep aside.
How to proceed
  1. Combine all the ingredients together for the dough and knead into a soft pliable dough.
  2. Roll out into a big cylinder.
  3. Divide into 25 equal portions.
  4. Roll out each portion into very thin circle of approx. 50 mm. (2″) diameter.
  5. Place one portion vegetable filling in the centre of the rolled circle.
  6. Bring together the edges and pinch them with your fingertips to make dumplings.
  7. Repeat with the remaining dough and filling to make 24 more dumplings.
  8. Steam in a greased steamer for about 10 minutes.
  9. Serve hot with the red and black sauces.