This new years weekend was filled with so much cooking and so much eating. It was pretty amazing and so much fun. My friend Kat bought dumpling (wonton) wrappers so I decided to wing it and make vegetarian ones. You can buy packages of these at any Asian market and probably even bigger grocery stores like whole foods.
I gathered all the veggie friendly ingredients I could muster from the kitchen.
I steamed some broccoli and chopped it really fine .
I dressed it in a little soy and added 3 cloves of minced fresh garlic.
I also chopped a generous amount of fresh ginger.
If I had it I would have added some scallion and some firm tofu. Better luck next time.
The consistency was too watery for the filling so I added a cracked egg to bind it and some panko crumbs to soak up some moisture giving it the right texture.
Then all you do is crack an egg in a separate bowl and dip your finger in the whisked egg.
You trace the inside circular edges of the wrapper and plop the filling in the middle.
Then fold it in half making tiny half moons and seal the edges.
Make sure you get all the air out. We boiled them afterwards. The way I learned to tell when they are done is "when they look ready". Its true. They get a little translucent and float but they just look right. They are so easy I'm going to make different variations and just freeze them so I have dumplings for every rainy day!
They shrink up a little bit. Serve with sriracha and dumpling sauce ( soy sauce with a little bit of vinegar and hot pepper flakes)
Yum.
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