About the Recipe
I adore fried gyoza. Properly made with quality ingredients, this dish is truly a gift from the Chinese gods! Gyoza are so good, they shouldn't be confined to just pork or vegetable varieties. In this recipe, I use a pumpkin filling and make a mango dip instead of the usual soy sauce, vinegar, chilli dip combination. Mango? I hear you say? Yes, that's right, mango! Gyoza don't have to be 100% savoury. This dish makes a great finger food for Halloween night party or any other party for that matter!
Ingredients
160g / 6 oz peeled & seeded butternut pumpkin/squash or kabocha
40g / 1.5 oz onion
1 spring onion
35g / 1.25 oz cheddar cheese
2 tsp sugar
1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
salt & pepper
1 tbsp plain flour
20 gyoza wrappers
a small bowl of water
2-3 vegetable oil for frying
for the mango dip:
150g peeled fresh mango
1 tsp honey
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp water
Preparation
roughly chop the butternut pumpkin. put the chunks in a bowl and microwave at 600W for 5 mins, then set aside.
finely chop the onion.
halve & slice the spring onion finely.
chop the cheese into small pieces so it is easily mixed.
heat 1/2 tbsp of the vegetable oil in a frying pan. fry the chopped onion for about 2 minutes and season with salt & pepper, before setting aside.
put the cooked pumpkin into a large bowl. mash well and then add the fried onion, cheese, spring onion & sugar. mix everything together well.
sprinkle 1 tbsp of plain flour onto a large plate. pour a little water into a finger bowl.
now, take a gyoza wrapper in the palm of your hand. place 1 heaped teaspoon of pumpkin filling in the middle of the wrapper. wet your index finger and dampen the edge of the wrapper with a little water. then, fold the wrapper to make your first gyoza. take care at this point to press any air out of the wrapper when you seal the edges. set the finished gyoza onto the floured plate.
repeat the above until you have used up all the filling.
to make the mango dip, put the mango chunks , honey, lemon juice and water into a blender and blend to create your dip. spoon into a serving bowl and set aside.
to fry your gyoza, heat 2 tbsp of vegetable oil in a frying pan. fry the gyoza about 2 mins on each side. you will need to turn two or three times until the gyoza are lightly browned.
if you find the pan becomes dry, add another tablespoon of vegetable oil. once you have fried all your gyoza, simply serve on a plate with the mango dip.