Authorayana
DifficultyIntermediate

This tofu shumai is very healthy. I don't use sugar by frying onions to bring out the natural sweetness. You can make it with your frying-pan. It's not only easy to prepare, and this shumai dumplings are so juicy and delicious. It's important to remove the excess water from the tofu and vegetables.

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Yields2 Servings
Prep Time1 hrCook Time1 hr 20 minsTotal Time2 hrs 20 mins
The ingredients of dumpling
1
shumai-step-1

Prepare all the ingredients.

Prepare the tofu
2
goya-chanpuru-step-1

Prepare the plate with a steel colander. Wrap the tofu with 2 to 3 sheets of paper towels, and put it on the colander.

3

Put a weight on it by using three times of tofu. Use water of 3 times of tofu. Let it sit for 1 hour to drain the water of it.

Cut the ingredients
4
shumai-step-2

Grate the ginger.

5
shumai-step-3

Separate the bok choy leaves.

6
shumai-step-4

Roughly chop the onion and shiitake mushroom. Don't chop finely to keep the texture of them.

Make a filling
7
shumai-step-5

Put a little oil to a pan, and add the onion and the shiitake mushroom. Season them with 1 pinch of sea salt and some black pepper (not included in recipe), and sauté until the onion is translucent.

8
shumai-step-6

Let it cool for 5 Minutes, and add the rice flour. Then mix them.

9
shumai-step-7

When they are well-combined, it's ok. Coating with rice flour prevent the vegetables from coming the moisture.

10
shumai-step-8

In a bowl, put the ground pork, sea salt and black pepper. Knead them until well-combined.

11
shumai-step-9

Add the soy sauce, sake and sesame oil to the ground pork, and mix them well.

12
shumai-step-10

Add the ginger, firm tofu, and onion and shiitake mushroom to the ground pork, and mix them until smooth.

Maka a shape of the tofu dumpling
13
shumai-step-11

Separate the fillings into 24 pieces in advance. About 15g per a sheet to make the 24 shumai. A plenty of fillings are delicious.

14
shumai-step-12

Wrap the fillings with shumai sheets. At first, hold the shumai sheet with your hand, and place the filling in the middle.

15
shumai-step-13

Wrap it with the sheet not to separate the filling during steaming. Don't grip it strongly, but stick them together.

16
shumai-step-14

Make a good shape of shumai. Hold the edge of shumai sheet if you like. The appearance is compact.

17
shumai-step-15

Make all the tofu dumpling, and steam them in 2 parts.

Steam the tofu dumpling
18
shumai-step-16

Place the bok choy leaves on the frying pan, then pour 100g water under it. Heat it over medium heat.

19
shumai-step-17

When the water comes to a boil, spread a parchment paper on it. Then put half of the dumplings.

20
shumai-step-18

Put the lid with slightly opened. When it brings to a boil again, reduce the heat to low, and steam them. After 5 minutes, open the lid, and remove the excess drop of liquid from the lid. Cook them for 10 Minutes in total. It prevents the shumai from being watery.

21
shumai-step-19

Open the lid, and if the gravy is transparent, it's done.

22
shumai

Repeat step 18-21. Dish up with the bok choy.

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Ingredients

The ingredients of dumpling

Directions

1
shumai-step-1

Prepare all the ingredients.

Prepare the tofu
2
goya-chanpuru-step-1

Prepare the plate with a steel colander. Wrap the tofu with 2 to 3 sheets of paper towels, and put it on the colander.

3

Put a weight on it by using three times of tofu. Use water of 3 times of tofu. Let it sit for 1 hour to drain the water of it.

Cut the ingredients
4
shumai-step-2

Grate the ginger.

5
shumai-step-3

Separate the bok choy leaves.

6
shumai-step-4

Roughly chop the onion and shiitake mushroom. Don't chop finely to keep the texture of them.

Make a filling
7
shumai-step-5

Put a little oil to a pan, and add the onion and the shiitake mushroom. Season them with 1 pinch of sea salt and some black pepper (not included in recipe), and sauté until the onion is translucent.

8
shumai-step-6

Let it cool for 5 Minutes, and add the rice flour. Then mix them.

9
shumai-step-7

When they are well-combined, it's ok. Coating with rice flour prevent the vegetables from coming the moisture.

10
shumai-step-8

In a bowl, put the ground pork, sea salt and black pepper. Knead them until well-combined.

11
shumai-step-9

Add the soy sauce, sake and sesame oil to the ground pork, and mix them well.

12
shumai-step-10

Add the ginger, firm tofu, and onion and shiitake mushroom to the ground pork, and mix them until smooth.

Maka a shape of the tofu dumpling
13
shumai-step-11

Separate the fillings into 24 pieces in advance. About 15g per a sheet to make the 24 shumai. A plenty of fillings are delicious.

14
shumai-step-12

Wrap the fillings with shumai sheets. At first, hold the shumai sheet with your hand, and place the filling in the middle.

15
shumai-step-13

Wrap it with the sheet not to separate the filling during steaming. Don't grip it strongly, but stick them together.

16
shumai-step-14

Make a good shape of shumai. Hold the edge of shumai sheet if you like. The appearance is compact.

17
shumai-step-15

Make all the tofu dumpling, and steam them in 2 parts.

Steam the tofu dumpling
18
shumai-step-16

Place the bok choy leaves on the frying pan, then pour 100g water under it. Heat it over medium heat.

19
shumai-step-17

When the water comes to a boil, spread a parchment paper on it. Then put half of the dumplings.

20
shumai-step-18

Put the lid with slightly opened. When it brings to a boil again, reduce the heat to low, and steam them. After 5 minutes, open the lid, and remove the excess drop of liquid from the lid. Cook them for 10 Minutes in total. It prevents the shumai from being watery.

21
shumai-step-19

Open the lid, and if the gravy is transparent, it's done.

22
shumai

Repeat step 18-21. Dish up with the bok choy.

Japanese Healthy Tofu Shumai Dumplings