Also known as: Nagano Oyaki, Japanese Stuffed Dumplings, Shinshu Oyaki
About this dish
Round dumplings of wheat and buckwheat dough stuffed with savoury fillings such as pickled greens, aubergine or sweet bean, then pan-fried and steamed.
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Ingredients
🌾200g plain flour and 50g buckwheat flour
💧About 160ml warm water and 1 tsp baking powder
🥬Nozawana (pickled turnip greens) or spinach, chopped
🍆Aubergine, diced, with miso
🫘Sweet red bean paste (optional)
🫗Sesame oil and soy sauce
Method
Serves 2
1
Mix the flours, baking powder and water into a soft dough and rest for 30 minutes.
2
Stir-fry the greens or aubergine with sesame oil, soy sauce and miso, then cool.
3
Wrap a spoonful of filling in a piece of dough and seal into a flat ball.
4
Brown both sides in an oiled frying pan.
5
Add a little water, cover and steam for 8–10 minutes until cooked through.
✓ What Makes it Authentic
Oyaki are the traditional snack of Nagano Prefecture, where rice was hard to grow and flour dough was used instead.
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