Comments on: Homemade Vegan Dumplings (素菜锅贴)

By: Maggie Zhu

Maggie Zhu — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:03:06 +0000

In reply to Kate.

I think minced filling would work really well. For a more coarse filling, it helps a lot to use larger wrappers.
I found most Japanese gyoza wrappers and some of the vacuum-packed frozen ones are quite small. But if you get those fresh Chinese wrappers (you can see the packages in this post: https://omnivorescookbook.com/pork-and-chive-dumplings/ they are sold either refrigerated or frozen), they are much bigger and you can wrap way more fillings into them.
If you don’t mind the trouble, it’s always nice to make the wrappers: https://omnivorescookbook.com/steamed-dumplings/
We do this in China a lot when making veggie dumplings, because you can make them quite large (double the size of regular dumplings), it’s possible to add a lot of vegetables into them.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:54:41 +0000

I often have to use the processor to mince the filling finely so that I can fit 1tbsp into a 7cm-diameter. But it seems like each component of your filling (carrot, cabbage etc) is chopped bigger. Any trick to fit it into the wrapper without overflowing/breaking?

By: Maggie Zhu

Maggie Zhu — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:39:21 +0000

In reply to Lucia. It's totally fine to make the filling a day ahead!

By: Lucia

Lucia — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:33:13 +0000

Hi Maggie! Big fan of all your recipes and your book. Making these for a group of friends tomorrow and was wondering if it’s possible to make the filling the day before, store it in the fridge, and then wrap & cook the dumplings the day after? Thanks!

By: Maggie Zhu

Maggie Zhu — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:50:02 +0000

In reply to meiya sidney. Yes! You can totally cook them in a bamboo steamer.

By: meiya sidney

meiya sidney — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 07:34:57 +0000

hi! i was wondering if these would work being cooked in a bamboo steamer? thank you!

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 21:06:47 +0000

Finally made these and they didn’t disappoint!!!

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 23:30:32 +0000

This was fantastic! One of my kids absolutely hates (pre-made frozen) dumplings and said “wow, I actually like these!” The only major difference is I used a drizzled a teriyaki sauce over the tofu instead of using curry powder. Thank you for a lovely recipe! It will be a keeper, for sure.

By: susan oldenburger

susan oldenburger — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 22:55:54 +0000

yummy

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:57:54 +0000

In reply to Maggie.

Happy to help!

Again, love your recipes. I’ve been trying to branch out my cooking methods and your site has been very helpful.

Cheers,
Catherine