Sesame Cashew Dumplings
- 4 cups young coconut meat, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 cup carrot, beet, or spinach juice
- 4 cups cashews, soaked 12 hours
- 6 tablespoons nama shoyu
- 6 tablespoons sesame oil
- 1/4 cup raw tahini
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh ginger
- 1 quart carrots, finely diced in food processor
- 1 quart celery, finely diced in food processor
- 1/2 cup minced scallions
- Sea salt and pepper to taste
- 4 cups spinach, torn by hand
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- To Make the Coconut Wrappers:
- Blend coconut meat and salt in Vita-Mix until very smooth.
- Add vegetable juice to color the wrappers as desired, or divide the mixture into 3 smaller batches and prepare different colors by using different juices.
- Spread mixture in a thin, even layer over a Teflex sheet and dehydrate for 45 hours.
- Trim the outer edges of each sheet by about 1/41/2 inch; cut each sheet into 9 even squares.
- Wrap in plastic and store in refrigerator.
- Remove wrappers from refrigerator and bring to room temperature prior to use.
- To Make the Cashew Filling:
- Process cashews, nama shoyu, sesame oil, tahini, and ginger in food processor until chunky consistency is achieved.
- Mix carrots, celery, and scallions with cashew nut meat together in a large bowl and adjust seasoning to taste.
- To Make the Marinated Spinach:
- Toss spinach with the sesame oil, ginger, salt, and chili powder.
- Let sit 1015 minutes at room temperature to wilt.
- For Assembly :
- Lay Coconut Wrappers out on a cool workspace.
- Dab very lightly with water.
- Place a small amount of Marinated Spinach on each.
- Top with 1 tablespoon of the Cashew Filling.
- Pull edges up around filling to form a half-circle dumpling.
- Serve with Sweet ChiliLime Sauce (see Notes).
young coconut meat, salt, carrot, cashews, nama shoyu, sesame oil, tahini, fresh ginger, carrots, celery, scallions, salt, spinach, sesame oil, fresh ginger, salt, chili powder
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/sesame-cashew-dumplings (may not work)