Alex Arson's DUMPlings
Homemade healthy veg aata “dumplings” to gently trick your vegetable averse loved ones
Disclaimer Welcome to intuitive cooking. These recipes are to unleash the chaos in you. No measurements, just vibes
Ingredients
- Aata (Wheat Flour)
- Any kind of refined oil/ghee
- Baking powder (optional)
- Salt
- Sugar
- Black pepper powder
- Leftover veggies chopped really tiny (carrots, beans, cauliflowers, cabbage, radish, etc)
- Cheese (optional)
- Water
- A steamer/a deep dish, aluminium foil and a lid
Instructions
- Mix aata with a little salt, a pinch of sugar and baking powder
- Pour oil on the mix and then slowly add water and mix till the dough is easily removed from the sides of the dish
- Now dust some aata on a flat surface and knead that dough like it's not a dough but your English teacher from high school who simultaneously virtue signals young children and possesses the wrongest moral compass (As you can see, I'm still holding on to quite a bit of justified anger)
- Set it aside when the dough is soft and supple to touch. Think of the texture if you were a cis male author describing a lead female character
- Chop up your veggies real tiny
- Mix in your cheese, salt, sugar and black pepper
- Roll out the dough and put a tiny ball of stuffing in it and shape your dumpling
- The salt will draw water and we'll mix it with some in the bowl we want to use as a steamer. This can be used as a base for a soup. You can also add some vegetables to it
- If you do not have a steamer, you can cover a deep bellied dish with aluminium foil, poke a few holes in it. Place the dumplings on the aluminium foil and cover it with a lid
- Steam the dumplings for about 30 mins
- Serve hot with any spicy chutney
Write to me at alexarson@skiff.com