Field Bobbin

Dumplings

Finished boiled dumplings ready to eat

Ingredients

  • Shrimp
  • Cilantro
  • Soy sauce
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 cup water

Steps

  1. Gradually mix water into the flour to make the dough, then let it rest for a bit.

    The dough after mixing flour and water and before shaping.
    The dough after mixing flour and water and before shaping.

  2. Roll the dough into a long rope.

  3. Cut the dough into small pieces and flatten them into wrappers.

    Cut dough pieces pressed into wrappers.
    Cut dough pieces pressed into wrappers.

  4. Fill the dumpling skins and fold them shut.

    Filled dumplings folded and sealed before cooking.
    Filled dumplings folded and sealed before cooking.

  5. Boil water and cook the dumplings for about 5 minutes, until they float and look plump.

Notes

Dust the wrappers lightly with flour if they start sticking, and keep the filling modest so the dumplings are easier to seal.