UMAMI DAYS
Connie Veneracion
In Asia, dumplings are cooked dough wrapped around a filling. Dumplings can be sweet or savory. We love ordering them in restaurants but it's more fun making them at home!
Dumplings consist of two parts: the wrapper and the filling.
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Store-bought wrapper is okay but, if you're in the mood, making them by mixing flour and water is not hard at all.
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For savory dumplings, the ingredients for the filling must be minced finely to bind them together.
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How dumplings are wrapped depends on the dish. See illustrated guides in dumpling recipes in the next slides.
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Japanese gyoza may be pan-fried, steamed or deep fried. If pan-fried, gyoza may be cooked with or without wings.
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Just add starch and water to pan fried gyoza to make a crust. Perfectly doable at home!
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Stuffed with minced chicken and vegetables, boiled and served with noodles
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Think gyoza shaped like roses filled with meat and vegetables then cooked in oil and water.