Dumplings are usually made up of small pieces of dough, wrapped around your favourite sweet or savoury fillings. Often the dumpling dough is also prepared, but in this recipe we’ve saved time and used store-bought bread dough to make a simpler option.
Ingredients
100 ml soy sauce
350 ml pineapple juice
10 ml sugar
15 ml cornflour
500 g mince – beef or chicken
1 onion – finely chopped
1-2 chillies – seeded and chopped
5 ml ground coriander
5 ml ground cumin
2 garlic cloves – crushed
2-3 spring onions – sliced
1 handful fresh coriander – chopped
black pepper – freshly ground, to taste
1 kg ready made bread dough
30 ml poppy seeds
oil – for greasingMethod:
Combine soy sauce, juice, sugar and corn flour in an jug. Set aside until needed.
Meanwhile, preheat a frying pan over a medium temperature. Add mince, browning in batches before removing from unit.
Add onions, chilli and spices, sautéing for a few minutes before adding garlic and soy sauce mix from step 1. Return mince to the fry pan, stir through spring onions and coriander. Season with black pepper. Allow to cool.
Divide dough into 15-18 portions and shape into round discs. Place a tablespoon (15 ml) of the cooled mince in the middle of each disk. Gently pull the ends together and pinch closed. Turn over and brush smooth side with water before sprinkling with seeds.
Add a litre of water to an AMC 24 cm Gourmet High. Heat over a medium temperature.
Place a greased steamer with six dumplings in the unit and cover with a lid. Reduce heat slightly and tilt the lid allowing some steam to escape. Steam for 12-15 minutes, remove and continue with remaining dumplings. Serve warm with soy dipping sauce.
Tips and Variations
Substitute mince with your favourite sausage filling.
