Methods of making dumplings: manually and using special devices

To make the dough malleable for sculpting, it is best to observe the following proportions when preparing it: six parts of flour per one part of water. If necessary, flour can be sprinkled, but carefully so that the dough does not stick to your hands, and at the same time is not too thick. Salt water, add the egg and pour flour into the liquid, mix it all in a bowl and put the knead on a table sprinkled with flour.

The dough will turn out more elastic, soft, if you work with it for a long time. Knead until it holds its shape. Then wrap in a film or cover with a damp towel and send to "rest" for an hour - for homogeneity.

Cooking fast by hand: “in Russian” and “in Asian”

How to deliciously and properly stick dumplings without dumplings as in the photo? It would seem that many people know how to sculpt dumplings with their hands: methods are transmitted from generation to generation. But maybe you should pay attention to some little tricks.

Traditional way

Does this method look like your favorite? They are often used, for example, in restaurants serving Russian cuisine. Recommended if you have not tried this before.

Cooking

1. Roll out a dumpling of dumplings even layer with a thickness of about 3 mm. At this time, do not regret the torment of the "heated". Do not be afraid of excessive stiffness, since the dough has already settled, it will release a little moisture and stick. When rolling, turn the formation over several times.
2. Cut circles from the formation using a thin-walled glass or cup, slightly stretch them with your fingers. Turn the side facing the table, put a little minced meat in the center of the mug (enough a teaspoon).
3. Fold the circle in half, stick together the edges and connect the opposite corners.
   Put the dumplings on a surface sprinkled with flour to prevent them from sticking together.

Japanese way

Japanese dumplings called gyoza are cute corrugated crescents. They are molded from elastic dough by hand in a rather interesting way.

Cooking

1. Roll the dough, prepared according to the usual recipe, into a very thin layer.
2. Cut a glass of circles. Put a teaspoon of the filling in the center and lift the edges up.
3. Fold the front edge of the gyoza like a pleated fabric, and then firmly connect this edge to the smooth back edge.

An original dish prepared in this way looks good and is suitable for a festive table.

A quick way to make dumplings with video

It may seem that this method is more complicated than other methods of making dumplings, but in fact it turns out to be quite “speedy”. Even experienced housewives who are used to cooking differently can take it into service. It will take a little time (with proper dexterity, it will take you about ten minutes to roll out), since you do not have to work on circles one at a time. After that, it remains only to sculpt.

Cooking

1. Sprinkle a thin layer of dough with flour and roll.
2. Cut the resulting roll across into small pieces, with a width of no more than 3-4 cm, and then expand these rolls to make ribbons.
3. Fold the ribbons evenly into each other and cut them across into squares.
4. Put the filling in the center, fold the squares in half and pinch the edges on three sides, after which the bottom pair of corners are firmly blind to each other. You can fold diagonally - you get a triangle - and just connect a couple of corners.

Kitchen helpers

To help everyone who cherishes time and their own strengths, invented special devices for modeling dumplings at home. Handmade is a classic, but there will always be those who would like to make the work in the kitchen a little easier - from kneading dough to modeling.

It should be borne in mind that the device for making dumplings at home involves the use of dough mixed with this recipe:

• flour - 450 g;
• salt - 0.5 teaspoon;
• water - 250 ml;
• vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon.

The automatic machine is mounted on the table with a clamp, like a meat grinder, has a cord for connecting to the mains. With the help of such dumplings you can prepare the dough and get up to 15 kg of food.

Cooking

1. Roll the cakes in the machine and spread them evenly in the nozzle.
2. Place the cooked meat in a special tray.
3. Turn on the machine and wait a bit until it separates the workpieces and “wraps” minced meat in them.
4. Lay the dumplings with a curly edge on plates or a sheet.

There is a variant of such a machine for modeling dumplings at home - it is not electric, made of wear-resistant non-toxic structural plastic and stainless steel, it has a handle. The device allows you to produce 12 kg of finished product per hour.

Cooking

1. Roll the dough on the shafts of the machine in two layers.
2. Load the minced meat in a container using a measuring spoon.
3. Twist the handle. Two rollers of the device capture and press dough sheets against each other, forcemeat in the form of cells is sealed between the sheets, and the layer comes out from under the machine shafts.
4. Separate the cells from each other using a conventional or circular knife.

In the modeling of dumplings, in principle, there is nothing particularly complicated. And if you have a machine for making dumplings at home, it is able to further ease your work in the kitchen.

Mistresses know how to make dumplings well, but perhaps some of the tips given here will make this painstaking process a little more pleasant and varied, as well as reduce the time until a tasty result appears on the dining table.