Vegan Potstickers
How to make home made vegetable postickers at home
Servings: 25 potstickers
Ingredients
- 25 wonton wraps ( I used vegan wontons)
- oil as needed to cook the potstickers
For the filling-
- 2.5 cups thinly sliced cabbage (tightly packed)
- ½ cup thinly slices red bell pepper
- ⅓ cup thinly sliced onion
- 2 tsp chopped ginger
- 3 spring onion
- 5 oz tofu, crumbled
- 1 tsp chili sauce of choice
- 1.5 tsp soy sauce
- ¼ tsp black pepper powder
- salt to taste
- 2 tsp oil
For the dipping sauce-
- 6 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp rice vinegar
- ½ tsp grated ginger
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp sambal oelek or any other chili sauce
- ½ tsp sesame seeds
- 1 tsp chopped white part of the spring onion
Instructions
For the filling:
- Heat oil in a pan, and add ginger and white part of the spring opnion. Saute for 30 seconds. Now add the sliced onion and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add the cabagge and bell pepper. Cook for 3-4 minutes till slightly soft.
- Remove the excess moisture from tofu by pressing it between the paper towel.
- When the veggies get slightly soft, add crumbled tofu, soy sauce, black pepper, chili garlic sauce and salt. Cook for couple of minutes till all the moisture is absorbed. Do not over cook the mixture, we need light crunch from the vegetables. Let the mixture cool completely before making the dumplings.
Dipping Sauce-
- In a small bowl add the soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, ginger, brown sugar and sambal oelek. Mix it well and taste it.If needed adjust the seasoning and then add sesame seeds and spring onion.
Adding the filling -
- I have used store bought vegan wonton wraps in this recipe. You can use homemade or any other store bought wonton wraps. Arrange the wonton warps and add 1-2 tsp of the filling to each wonton wrap.
- Dap the sides of the wrap with water and close the opposite side as shown in the pic 3. Push the filling in and carefully seal the wrapper by pinching the sides. Repeat with rest of the wontons and cover them with a clean kitchen towel to avoid drying.
- In a non stick skillet, heat 1-2 tsps of oil and arrange the dumplings making sure they donot touch each other.
- Cook the dumplings for few minutes in medium flame. They should get little brown
- Now add half cup of water to the pan. The water will immediately sizzle. Close the lid and cook in medium high till all the moisture is absorbed.
- Remove the lid and cook in medium flame for 1-2 minutes. This will ensure the excess moisture is absorbed and the bottom gets golden and crisp.
- Remove the postickers and serve them hot with the dipping sauce and enjoy!
Notes
Store bought or homemade wonton can be used.
In U.S, the wonton warps can be found near the vegetables, in the open refrigerator isle.
Please go over the step by step pics for the details instructions.