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Carrot dumplings

Liv Tyler's vegetable balls

Gnarly noodles, carrot, ginger & Chinese five-spice

Carrot dumplings

40 mins
Not Too Tricky

serves 6

About the recipe

Liv’s family love to share dim sum. With the help of the lovely Ning Ma from Mamalan, Brixton Village – a bustling street food restaurant inspired by her family’s dumpling and noodle stall at the heart of a Beijing market – we’re teaching Liv the secret to best-ever vegetable balls.


nutrition per serving

Calories

g

Fat

g

Saturates

g

Sugars

g

Salt

g

Protein

g

Carbs

g

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake


Recipe From

Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast

Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast

By Jamie Oliver

Ingredients

50g fine dried vermicelli noodles

300g carrots

6 spring onions

5cm piece of ginger

1 big bunch of fresh coriander (60g)

¼ teaspoon Chinese five-spice

¼ teaspoon ground white pepper

200g self-raising flour

vegetable oil, for frying

sweet chilli sauce

Top Tip

TIP: Don’t be too perfect or precise when forming the veggie balls – this will give you that fantastic gnarly, crunchy texture.

Method

  1. Cook the noodles according to the packet instructions, then drain and roughly chop.
  2. Trim and coarsely grate the carrot, then trim and finely slice the spring onions, and add to a bowl.
  3. Peel and finely chop the ginger, and finely chop the coriander (stalks and all), then add to the bowl with the drained noodles. Mix together gently.
  4. Add a good pinch of sea salt, the five-spice, white pepper and flour, and gently fold together, adding 150ml of water, continuing to gently fold and mix together – don’t overmix, or the balls will become dense.
  5. Half-fill a large sturdy pan with oil and gently bring up to 190ºC (or use a deep fryer).
  6. Working in batches, carefully drop small balls (around 1 level tablespoon each) of the mixture into the hot oil – don’t worry about them being perfectly shaped.
  7. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes, or until golden and crisp, then drain on kitchen paper, separating with wooden chopsticks if they start to stick together. Keep warm in a low oven while you cook the remaining batches, if needed.
  8. Serve with sweet chilli sauce for dipping. Delicious served alongside Prawn dumplings as part of a dim sum selection.

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