Dumpling Wrappers

Make the dumpling dough

1. Mix salt if using with flour within a bow. Stir the flour with chopsticks with one hand when the water is poured by the other hand. Mix them for a while until the water is almost absorbed and floccus texture formed.
2. Transfer the dough to the operating board, continue kneading for 2-3 minutes until the surface is almost smooth. It is ok if you can't knead the dough to smooth one time. If you feel tired, just cover the dough whatever form it is and let it rest for 15 minutes. After the resting, continue kneading the dough will be much easier. Then continue kneading until the dough gets very smooth surface.
3. Then cover the dough and let is rest for 30 to 45 minutes. Resting can relax the gluten and soften the dough. This is a preparation step for the rolling process. If the dough is too hard and firm, it will be quite hard to roll out. If you are in a hurry, at least make sure the dumpling dough is rest for 30 minutes. Remember to cover the dough either with a bowl or a cloth during all resting time.

Divide into small dough pieces

1. Cut the circle in into two logs. Then roll each one backwards and forwards with force until the surface becomes very smooth and the log becomes firm. This step is extremely important and can save you lots of time in re-kneading the single dough piece.
2. Then divide the long log into small dumpling dough pieces (each around 12g). Each of the two single log should be divided into 20 to 22 pieces. So we should have around 20 to 44 wrappers.

Rolling out the wrapper

1. Dust each of small dough piece to prevent sticky problems. Before rolling out your dumpling wrappers, dust your working surface again. Take one piece of dough and press it to a round disc. Hold the wrapper with your left hand and hold the rolling pin with right hand. Rotate the wrapper when moving the rolling pin. Repeat the process, rotate the roll. The wrappers will have thicker center and thinner edges naturally. The wrapper should be around 8cm to 10cm in diameter. Check video for details.
2. Do a small batch (6-10 wrappers for beginners) and wrap them firstly, (you can check how to fold dumplings for more details about how to make the pleats. Otherwise the wrapper becomes too soft to handle very quickly. The best working process is to get assistants to help assembling the dumplings.