Ingredients:
Dough ingredients:
14 oz. bag tapioca starch (Cock brand or Buddha brand)
1 1/3 cups boiling water
1 tbs oil
1 tsp salt
Filling ingredients:
8 oz. firm tofu, fried and finely diced
10 oz. fungus, soaked in water, finely diced (about 1/3 cup)
2 dried Shiitake mushrooms, soaked in water, finely diced
1 carrot, finely diced
1/2 cup jicama, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 shallots, minced
2 tsp ketchup
2 tbs soy sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp black pepper
Scallion oil
1 cup chopped onions (with or without the white parts)
1/2 cup peanut oil
1/4 tsp salt
Directions:
In a stand mixer, combine tapioca starch and salt. Ad hot water and Turn the machine on low add oil; . Turn machine on medium and beat the flour until forming a sticky mass. Cover dough and let sit for 10 minutes. Turn dough out on the counter top; dust hand with lightly flour and knead dough until elastic, about 5 minutes, Cover
In a sauté pan, heat oil. Add garlic and shallots. Stir until fragrant. Add ketchup and paprika, two kinds of mushrooms, carrot, jicama, and tofu. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Season with soy sauce, salt, sugar, and black pepper. Remove from pan. Let cool (the filling can be prepared ahead of time). Cover and refrigerate.
Heat the oil in a saucepan until smoking. Remove from heat and add scallion and salt. Let it steep at room temperature.
Divide dough into 2 equal parts.Cover the other part to prevent the dough from drying out. Sprinkle the counter lightly with flour. Roll dough out as a long rope about 1 inch in diameter. Cut rope into many small equal portions. Cover dough and work with one piece of dough at a time. Use a small rolling pin to roll each piece of dough into a 3 inch circle.
Place a heaping teaspoon of filling in the middle of the circle.
Fold the dough over the filling and pinch the edges together to seal.
Set the finished dumplings on a tray and cover with a damp cloth. Continue in the same way to finish the dough and filling. At this point, the dumplings can be frozen until ready to use.
When ready to use, bring a pot of water to boil. Prepare a large bowl with cold water on the side.
Add about 10 dumplings at a time in rolling boiling water. Cook for 5 minutes or until dumplings float and are clear. Use a slotted spoon to remove cooked cakes from the hot water and drop them into cold water.
Let cool in this water for 1 minute. Remove from cold water. Place on a serving plate and top each cake with scallion oil. Serve with vegetarian dipping sauce or sweet soy sauce.
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