Vegetable Dumplings

by Tarla Dalal

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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!

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Preparation Time: 15 mins Cooking Time: 30 mins Total Time: 45 mins 25Makes 25 servings (25 serving )
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Ingredients

For The Dough
1 1/2 cups plain flour (maida)
2 tbsp oil
salt to taste

For The Vegetable Filling
1/2 cup shredded cabbage
1/2 cup carrot juliennes
1/4 cup chopped mushrooms (khumbh)
1/4 cup finely chopped asparagus
2 tsp finely chopped ginger (adrak)
1/2 tsp pepper powder
2 tbsp soy sauce
salt to taste

For The Red Sauce
1 tomato
3 garlic (lehsun) cloves
2 dry red chillies , broken into pieces
salt to taste

For The Black Sauce
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 tbsp honey
2 tsp vinegar
2 tsp roasted sesame seeds (til)
salt to taste

Method

For the vegetable filling

Heat the oil in the wok, add the ginger and sauté for for a while.
Add all the remaining ingredients and sauté for a few more minutes.
Remove from heat and divide into 25 equal portions. Keep aside to cool.

For the red sauce

Boil a vesselful of water and put the tomato in it for a few minutes. Remove, peel and keep aside.
Dry roast the red chillies till they are crisp.
Combine the tomato, garlic, dry red chillies and salt and blend to a smooth sauce. Keep aside.

For the black sauce

Combine all the ingredients and mix well. Keep aside.

How to proceed

Combine all the ingredients together for the dough and knead into a soft pliable dough.
Roll out into a big cylinder.
Divide into 25 equal portions.
Roll out each portion into very thin circle of approx. 50 mm. (2") diameter.
Place one portion vegetable filling in the centre of the rolled circle.
Bring together the edges and pinch them with your fingertips to make dumplings.
Repeat with the remaining dough and filling to make 24 more dumplings.
Steam in a greased steamer for about 10 minutes.
Serve hot with the red and black sauces.

Accompaniments

Cheery Sauce Or Peach Sauce
Chilli Garlic Sauce

Nutrient values per serving

Energy	42 cal
Protein	1.2 g
Carbohydrates	6.5 g
Fiber	0.3 g
Fat	1.3 g
Cholesterol	0 mg
Vitamin A	57.7 mcg
Vitamin B1	0 mg
Vitamin B2	0 mg
Vitamin B3	0.2 mg
Vitamin C	3 mg
Folic Acid	3.1 mcg
Calcium	9 mg
Iron	0.4 mg
Magnesium	0 mg
Phosphorus	0 mg
Sodium	358.4 mg
Potassium	34.7 mg
Zinc	0.2 mg