How to Make Dumplings

Dumplings are one of the traditional foods in China, people, especially those who live in North China, not only have dumplings in festivals, but also take them as a staple in daily life. 
 
Today, let's learn how to make dumplings.
 
Generally speaking, people prefer to make dumpling wrappers by themselves with flour and water, however, to a beginner, buying dumpling wrappers in super market is a good choice because making dumpling wrappers manually is a complex process to a beginner.
 
Now, let's make sure what kinds of materials we shall prepare.
1、Dumpling wrappers
2、Stuffing, including meat and vegetable
3、Soy sauce, salt, cooking wine, spice powder, sesame oil, cool water

Now, let's start!
 
First, choose your favorite meat and vegetable, each one should be a half pound, and chop up both of them.
 

Vegetable

Meat

Second, put them in a big container, add one tsp of salt, ten tsp of soy sauce, one tsp of spice powder, three tsp of sesame oil, and five tsp of cool water.

Put all the stuff together

Third, stir the stuff in one direction for five minutes.

 Stuffing

Fourth, hold a dumpling wrapper, put one tsp of stuffing in the middle of the dumpling wrapper, double up it and wrap up the stuffing.
 

The process of wrapping up the stuffing

Fifth, finish making dumplings with the same process explained above.
 
Sixth, boil a pan of water.
 
Seventh, put the dumplings into the boiling water carefully.
 
Eighth, add cool water three times after the pan of dumplings is boiling again.
 
Ninth, turn off the fire, dish up the dumplings.
 

Tenth, make your favorite sauce for the dumplings, such as soy sauce, vinegar, and chili sauce.

How yummy! What are we waiting for? Le's get started!