Hey Dumplin'

I have tried another Gwyneth Paltrow recipe again. This one is the Veggie Dumplings. The recipe call for (imho) alot of equipment and ingredients.  This is not one that you want to try "on the fly".  It takes time and organization.

 However, the recipe does say you can freeze them for the future and it does seem to make many at one time.

Ingredients: garlic, onions, cabbage, cooked quinoa, tofu,frozen peas, egg roll wrappers, soy sauce,

It is important to have the quinoa cooked first. Hopefully, you have some leftover. I didn't so it took about 18 minutes for the quinoa to get done.

First you have to chop up garlic, onions and napa cabbage.  Since I didn't have any Napa cabbage handy I did you a cabbage that my neighbor gave me. WooHoo!

 

You put the garlic, onion and cabbage in a food processor and blitz.  The onion seemed to get a little "pasty" before the cabbage was fully chopped so I chopped in smaller batches.

 

After mixing this together, you place it in a frying pan with neutral oil in it. They saute until the onion and cabbage are almost brown.

 

Add the tofu, quinoa, and frozen peas to the pan and cook until the peas are softened.

 

 

 

*Then remove the pan from the heat and add soy sause and toasted sesame oil. Mash it all together.

 

 

Get out the egg roll wrapper and place them somewhere flat. I used a baking sheet with a silicon mat on it for ease.

Wet all for sides of the wrapper so it will stick together when forming the dumpling. Some people use a pastry brush, I just used my finger. Add about 1 tablespoon of the filling to the middle.

 



 

Then, bring up all for sides to meet in the middle to form a dumpling.

 

The top of mine looked too large for the bottom and was very flacid.  So I decided to cut the original wappers into fourths and make the dumplings much smaller.

 

 

You then need to steam them for about 4 minutes. They suggest you use a bamboo steamer. I just use the steamer pot that came with my pans. They turned out pretty well. 

 



If I make them again I would make sure to:

1. Not make them when I am hungry
2. Get everything set up beforehand and have plenty of time to create them
3. Use one big batch and freeze some, so you don't have to go through this process everytime you want dumplings.
    

 

 

*This is the step I forgot to do and maybe why my dumplings did not look nearly as good as Julie's and Gwyneth's