Vegetable Dumplings (Pot – Stickers)


Ingredients:

Won Ton (Dumpling Wrapper) Skin
Warm water or 1 egg white

For Filling:
½ Tofu - Drain water out as much as possible
1 cup of small size TVP (Texture Vegetable Protein)
2 cups of steamed Cabbage (chopped) - Squeeze water out
1 cup of Onion (Chopped)
1 cup of Shiitake Mushroom (socked & chopped) – Squeeze water out

For dipping Sauce:
2 Tablespoons Braggs Aminos (soy sauce alternative)
1 Tablespoon Vinegar
1 Tablespoon Water
½ Teaspoon Agave Nectar
1/8 Sesame oil (optional)
1/8 Cayenne Pepper (optional)
1/8 Crushed roasted sesame seed (optional)


Step 1
Mix Tofu and TVP well until tofu is mashed fine grain in a medium mixing bowl.  Add rest of filling ingredients to tofu mixture, season with salt, pepper, garlic powder and sesame oil, mix well until combine together.

Step 2
Lightly moisten the edge of the wrapper in Egg white or warm water.

Step 3
Put a spoonful of the filling in middle of the wrapper.

Step 4
Fold in wrapper into half moon or triangular shape & seal it tight with your fingers

Step 5
boil it in water.

A medium pot, add 4 cups of water to a boil.  Add 5 dumplings into the boiling water at a time.

Step 6
when dumplings just comes up to surface of boiling water, use small strainer to remove from the boiling water to the plate.

Or you can quickly plunge to cold water to cool it.

Serve as warm or cold with sauce.


Also you can steam it or fry in oil (avocado oil, coconut oil, or ghee).

Serve it with sauce or make Dumpling Soup

*fresh freeze the extras on a tray. Then put them in freezer bags so they don't stick it each other
and keep it in the freezer until use it.