Fried Dumplings

Hey ladies! I think, you've seen me cooking a special siomai recipe for my hubby here. Guess what I've discovered lately. I realized that making dumplings is just as easy as making siomai and adding sesame oil to my dim sum recipe is not bad at all! Thanks goodness I finally tried it. Check my special dumpling recipe below.


Ingredients:
- 200 grams of ground chicken
- 1 medium potato, peeled & finely grated
- 1 small onion, finely minced
- 2 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 1 thumb-sized ginger, peeled & grated
- 3 stalks of spring onion, finely chopped
- 1 small nappa cabbage, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1 small egg, beaten
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
- dumpling wrappers

For the Sauce:
- 3 tbsps soy sauce
- 1 tbsp calamansi juice
- 1 tsp chilli paste


Cooking Procedure:
- Mix all the ingredients together.
- Place a teaspoonful of the mixture the center of a wrapper.
- Fold the dough over the filling, making it shape like a half moon.
- Wet the edges with water, then pinch them together to seal.
- Repeat the same process with the remaining mixture.
- Deep fry until golden brown.
- Serve with a mixture of soy sauce, calamansi juice, and chilli paste.

Notes:
- The authentic Chinese recipe uses water chestnuts. They are seldom available here, so I used potato as substitue.
- For healthier dumplings, steam the dumplings instead of deep frying.
- This recipe makes 20 pieces of dumplings.