Cooking Lab - Egg Dumplings (蛋餃)

Cooking Lab - Floral Dumplings (花式餃子)

It's the festive season and yes I am on holiday~~! 

Time to make some fancy dumplings. Pretty & delicious...

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做慣了普通餃子，想說今天有點時間，就來做些花式餃子。雖然比較費工，加了紅石榴，非常有聖誕的氣氛～ 很喜氣樣。

嗯，限定手工餃子，一人一口。

想想，還是做回普通餃子吧，你們吃的速度實在太快。。。

Cooking Lab - Vegetarian Delight Dumplings

These veggie dumplings aren't just all vegetables. They contained a mixed of enoki and shiitaki mushrooms; garlic chives and healthy buckwheat soba noodles. 

They are vegan-friendly and it takes only five to six minutes to achieve that golden pan-fry perfection. 



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Ingredients

- 1 packet of wonton wrappers 
- 1 bunch of enoki mushroom 
- 150g garlic chives 
- 150g cooked soba noodles 
- 100g shiitaki mushrooms 
- 30ml sesame oil 
- 30ml soy sauce 
- 100g mini vine capsicum 
- 50g green shallots 
- 50ml cooking oil 
- Salt and pepper to season

Instructions:

1. Finely chop the mini capsicum, enoki mushroom, shiitaki mushroom, cooked soba noodles and garlic chives into small piece.

2. Heat a small amount of oil in a pan.

3. Lightly sauteed the capsicum, shiitaki mushroom and garlic chives.

4. Remove from the pan.

5. Put chopped soba noodles, enoki mushrooms, sauteed garlic chives and shiitaki mushrooms in a large mixing bowl.

6. Season with salt, pepper, sesame oil and light soy sauce.

7. Mixed well to combine.

8. Remove excess moisture.

9. Place a small teaspoonful of filling on a wonton wrapper.

10.Fold the wonton wrapper into a triangle.

11. Pick up both ends and fold them together at the front to form a ball-like shape. Think of it like folding your arms.

12. Continue the process with all wrappers.

13. Heat some oil in a fry pan on medium heat.

14. Place dumplings in the pan.

15. Shallow pan fry until golden and crispy.

16. Pan fry the rest of the dumpling patch.

17. Arrange 6-7 dumplings per plate.

18. Place the sauteed mini vine capsicum at the center.

19. Garnish with thinly sliced shallots.

20. Serve hot.

Watch them disappear in minutes.

I saved my share, to enjoy them with a nice crisp white wine.

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Cooking Lab - Pan Fried Spinach and Pork Dumplings (自製波菜豬肉煎餃)

The weather is getting cold and its time to have some comfort food. 

After you checked out this recipe, you will want home-made gyoza/dumplings all the time.

Not only they are simple to make, you can be super generous with the fillings.
Plus you know exactly what goes in, and none of the addictive and preservatives.

傍晚回家，第一件事就是盤算晚餐要吃什麼。冰箱有波菜和水餃皮...



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These savory pan fried Japanese style yaki-gyoza/ dumpling appetizers are wrapped with pork and spinach served with a vinegary dipping sauce. 

It's great fun creating these juicy dainty Asian treats; they are so delicious too. Make more than you intended, because they will won't last. 

用小火慢慢煎的酥脆的水餃比較不油膩 ...

Ingredients

- 500g pork mince 
- 1 bunch of spinach 
- 1 packet of dumpling pastry 
- 50ml light soy sauce 
- 40ml oyster sauce 
- 10ml cooking wine 
- 1 tsp sugar 
- 1 tsp chicken powder 
- 5ml seasme oil 
- Salt & pepper 
- 30ml dumpling sauce 
- 50ml cooking oil 
- 50ml water 

Instructions:

1. Place pork mince in a large bowl.

2. Add in the soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt, sugar, chicken powder and rice wine to the pork mince.

3. Stir to combine.

4. Add roughly chopped spinach to the mixture.

5. It is easier to use your hands to combine the mixture. Mix well.

6. Lastly, add pepper and sesame oil to season. The filling mixture should sticky and full of elasticity. If not, keep on mixing.

Now the fun part:

7. Arrange your gyoza/dumpling work station as shown.

8. Unwrap the pastry from the packet and leave it in room temperature for 5 minutes.

9. You will need a dumpling press maker tool.

10. Use your finger and wet the pastry edges with water.

11. Place the pastry sheet in the dumpling press maker.

12. Add a small teaspoonful of the meat filling amount in the centre.

13. Fold the dumpling maker together and press firmly.

14. Release and remove.

15. Check to make sure the dumplings are sealed well.

16. Or you can just seal the edges with your hands, too.

Using this dumpling maker helps to create consistent beautiful half moons goyza with pleated edges.

18. Arrange Gyoza in an oiled fry pan so they do not overlap each other.

19. Shallow pan fry on high heat.

20. Remove from heat.

21. Serve 5 yaki-gyoza on each tasting plate.

22. Serve with gyoza dipping sauce.

23. The young and old will love a plate of these tasty pork mince dumplings.

Cooking Lab - Dumpling Riches (年菜之八: 吉祥滾滾金元寶)

This is an indispensable dish for Chinese New Year dinner. 

Many believe eating lots of them during Chinese New Year will invite good fortune because dumpling resembles gold ingot (元寶) that was used as currency for the riches & nobles.

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吃了象徵新的一年「財源滾滾來」。

Love these!! The round shape means your prosperity will roll on forever !!

瞧~那每顆水餃像極了圓滾滾的元寶，這是過年必吃的一道年菜!

Instead of getting the most Asian dumplings, I opted for this Korean type! 

Tightly wrapped and so roly-poly plump shaped. Money, money roll to me ~~

This is the pork & chive flavor - because chive leeks (韮菜) are homophone of 'longevity and everlasting' in Mandarin and everyone know pig always bring good fortune. 

We do put in some thought into the dishes!! It is not merely just a grab n go at the supermarket~~ :D

This is one of my favourite plates!  The peony represents high position, great wealth and prosperity. The flowers-and- birds design convey an endless happiness and is forever green.

Always stack it away for safe-keeping ... But that is silly isn't it!! 

團圓，吉祥，喜慶的視覺上的賞悅。

Take a photo of it ... Just in case :)

Pan fry the dumplings to get that golden glistening colour - closer resemblance to gold!! 

(Steamed/boiled dumplings = silver ingots)

(Fried dumplings = gold ingots)

餃子象徵來年的圓滿富貴。

Have one of these humble dumplings but loaded with promises of good fortune~~

Heck, they tasted fantastic too!! 

Cooking Lab - Dumplings in Chili Hot Oil