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Mandu recipe

Mandu is a Korean wheat flour dumpling filled with minced pork, vegetables and noodles. These dumplings can be steamed or pan fried.
Author indrani

Ingredients

Mandu wrappers

  • 2 cups refined wheat flour
  • 1 tbsp glutinous rice flour
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2/3 rd cup warm water

Fillings

  • 1 cup sweet potato noodles boiled and drained.
  • 1/2 cup zucchini cut into matchsticks.
  • 1/2 cup carrots julienned.
  • 3 garlic chopped.
  • 1 cup cabbage shredded.
  • 1/2 cup spinach blanched and chopped.
  • 2 tbsp kimchi chopped.
  • 2 cup minced pork.

Dipping sauce

  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 1/2 tsp vinegar
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped spring onions.
  • 1/2 gochugaru korean chili flakes

Instructions

  1. Making wrappers
  2. Add all the ingredients of the dough in a bowl and mix them.
  3. Knead softly into a soft dough.
  4. Allow to rest covered for at least 30 minutes.
  5. If the dough is very sticky dust with flour
  6. make small balls.
  7. flatten into a large disk slightly thicker than puff pastry sheets.
  8. cut into small rounds.
  9. Your wrappers are ready.

Cooking the fillings

  1. In a pan add 1/2 tsp of roasted sesame oil
  2. Add all the fillings and cook till dry except the noodles.
  3. Add kimchi
  4. Add salt to taste.
  5. Add add the chopped glass noodles and mix.

Assembling

  1. Add 1 tsp of fillings at the center of the wrappers and fold into hat or 1/2 moon shaped dumplings.
  2. Steam of 5 to 10 minutes till they are cooked.
  3. You can pan fry them to in oil too instead of steaming.
  4. Serve them with dipping sauce