Attempts to make vegan dumplings! Some exploded while boiling.

12 comments

1. How did you seal the dumpling skin?

2. They’ll likely hold together better if you steam them instead of boiling.

3. The corners look a little loose in the photo. Next time, just make sure to press down completely.

   It’s common for some to explode early on. You will soon get the hang of it.

4. Might want to try crimping the edges and then steaming or pan frying

5. Good first try! I agree that perhaps you used too much water in sealing the edges. As well, if you over fill it can explode too, although that doesn’t look like your issue. I think perhaps you just didn’t press the halves together firmly enough. Did you make your own dough? The edges look a bit dried out. That might have hindered the sealing of the edges. If you are making your own dough, try keeping the finished pieces in a damp paper towel while working on the rest of the dough. That will keep it from drying out. Great job though!

6. Seconding the suggestion for a steamer basket! The dough looks great 👍

7. Just gotta keep practicing. Great start. Might want to tighten up the filling as well – an easy start to that would be to chop the mushrooms finer and to use less liquid in the filling.

8. You need to pleat them. Watch a YouTube vid. They look really good though!

9. Make sure that you avoid air bubbles too! Gases expand a lot when heated and are the most common cause of explosions

10. When i was a kid and watched her make dumplings, my Mom would beat an egg yolk and use her finger to smear some over the edges before she foleded them over and crimped them. I assume the idea is that the egg would cook and hold things together.

11. To seal, take the pokey side of the fork and press the bottom of the fork against the fold hard enough to leave rivits but not hard enough to tear

12. I see that you have water in the bowl from the mushrooms. Next time wrap just the mushrooms in a paper towel and squeeze out all the excess water and hopefully that would cut back on the juice being inside the dumpling that it won’t explode. Good luck!