VEGAN DUMPLINGS with Sesame Seed Twist - MOMOS Recipe

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: rice flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber and nutrients.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: tamari

💰Cheaper: coconut aminos

Tamari is gluten-free, while coconut aminos is lower in sodium.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Olive oil is healthier, while vegetable oil is more cost-effective.

cabbage

🥗Healthier: kale

💰Cheaper: lettuce

Kale is nutrient-dense, while lettuce is often cheaper.

Heat a pan and add oil.

Add finely chopped onion and cook until slightly translucent.

Add grated ginger, garlic, and chopped green chilies; cook on low heat for 2 minutes.

Add roughly chopped mushrooms and cook until well done, noting that mushrooms will shrink in size.

Add finely chopped or grated cabbage and carrot; cook until moisture is gone and vegetables shrink.

Optionally, add corn starch to the stuffing to help keep moisture together.

Add spring onion greens, salt, black pepper, and dark soy sauce; mix well and cook for another 2 minutes.

Transfer the stuffing to a flatter plate to cool down and allow steam to escape.

To prepare the dough, add all-purpose flour, salt, oil, and water to a bowl and mix everything together.

Knead the dough until smooth but slightly tight; tuck the dough from outside to inside.

Coat the dough lightly with oil and cover with a damp towel; let it rest for 20-30 minutes.

After resting, add dry flour to a flat area and place the dough there; flatten it out a little.

Divide the dough into two parts and roll it out to create thin circular dumpling wrappers.

Use a circular cutter or roll out the dough further to achieve the desired thickness.

Keep rolled wrappers aside, ensuring they don’t stick together by adding flour or placing a sheet of paper between them.

Fill each wrapper with a good amount of stuffing, shaping them into a triangle.

Wet the edges with water to seal and fold the dumpling, ensuring it is sealed well.

Optionally, dip the bottom of each dumpling in water and then in sesame seeds for added texture.

Heat a pan, brush it with oil, and add the dumplings with some distance apart.

Add water to the pan, cover, and cook over high heat for 4-5 minutes at 160°C.

Serve the dumplings hot with soy sauce or spicy tomato dip.

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