Gyozas, the Japanese dumplings 🇯🇵

Ingredients needed for the dough :

• 100 g of flours per person
• 60 ml of hot water per person
• Half of a teaspoon of salt per person
• An inch of baking soda

Ingredients needed for the stuffing:

• Teaspoon of fresh ginger or ginger powder
• Teaspoon of chilly pepper (fresh or powder)
• 100-150 g of porc / chicken meet / tofu / shrimps per person
• 1 carrots per person
• Few mushrooms
• Some leafs of cabbages
• 1 oignons
• 2 gloves of garlic

How to do the dough:

• Mix the flour, water, salt and baking soda and knead the dough during 5 to 10 min
• Let the dough rest for an hour or two
• Spread the dough using a roller to do a dough of few mm of thickness
• Using a glass or a cookie cutter, do circles of 8 to 9 cm of diameter

How to make the stuffing:

• Cut all the ingredients in really small pieces and mix up all of them in order to have as a result a ball

Prepare the Gyozas:

• Once you have your circles and the stuffing ready, feel each of the circle with 1 spoon of it and close the circle by putting some water on the edge and create the form you want for the gyozas.

How to cook the Gyozas:

• If you have a bamboo steamer, put the gyozas inside and cook them during 3 to 5 min, then put it on a pan and cover the gyozas for 1-2 min to brown them on one side.
• If you don't have bamboo steamer, you can use a pan, fill it with some water, be careful to put only few mm of water in the pan. Then, put the gyozas, cover them during 3 to 5 min and let them brown as well for few more min.

And it is done ! Now you have your gyozas and you can eat them with a soja sauce and some sesame seeds and green oignons as a toppings.

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