When I see some of the most incredible looking Asian food I always wish I wasn’t such a spice wimp!  But I’m learning that with some careful adaptations I can enjoy these delightful recipes without setting my mouth on fire.  Honestly, how do the rest of you do it?!

And who doesn’t love the look of a little pastry dumpling.  They look so delicate but they are in fact quite hearty and filling and a perfect crowd pleaser – tasting just as good cold as freshly cooked!

The dumplings are made from hot water pastry.  Wait … don’t go!  It’s honestly not that terrifying!  It’s actually like making set salty glue as the only ingredients are flour, hot water and a dash of salt.  It’s also a lot more forgiving than shortcrust pastry and can stand being a little over-handled.  Putting it in the fridge will also give you a much easier to roll pastry, resulting in delicate little pillows.

The filling is a combination of Fry’s Family Foods absolutely lovely Veggie Mince (though it’s actually vegan too!) …

… and lovely fresh veggies – spring onions, garlic, ginger, mushrooms, and grated carrot.  With careful spicing these are anything but bland!  We’ve tried quite a few of their products now – all vegan and all delicious with these Cauliflower and Prawn Style Tacos and my take on a Pad See Ew.

One word of caution, don’t be tempted to overfill the pastry pockets.  The pastry might be forgiving but it will also tear if you try and cram as much filling in as possible.  Learnt that the hard way.  Repeatedly ?

Once they’re all filled it’s a simple one pan process to cook them involving a bit of steaming and a bit of frying to give them that authentic ‘potsticker’ look!

Traditionally these are served with a soy dipping sauce and it’s absolutely perfect – salty, tangy and makes you want to just keep shoveling these in!  Another lesson I learnt the hard way when I’d finished photographing and was SO hungry I just sat on the floor eating them one after the other.  Pop pop pop.  All fine till I needed to get up off the floor ?

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If you make this recipe or any of the recipes from The Cook & Him we’d LOVE to see! Just snap a picture and share it on Instagram using #thecookandhim and tagging @thecookandhim in the photo itself (as this guarantees we’ll see your picture!)

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