Jamaican Fried Dumpling low and slow

original blog post: https://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2020/10/jamaican-fried-dumplings.html

Ingredients

3 cups flour

½ teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking powder

2 tablespoon brown sugar

1 cup water

Instructions

The night before

• Dissolve the sugar and water in a container

• sift together flour, salt, and baking powder

• add the sugar water gradually to the flour mixture kneading

• knead until it comes together about 5 minutes

• wrap in a plastic wrap and set aside overnight

The next morning

• remove the wrapper, lightly knead for 2 minutes, and portion into balls

• form your dumplings and set aside

• place oil in a frying pan and on the lowest or medium/low setting (apx 250F ) heat the oil

• add the dumplings and fry on all side until golden brown

• Fry the two large sides and then turn them on their sides and fry all around the edges, so the dumpling is completely golden and crispy as if it had been deep-fried.

• serve hot

Greedy tips:

• You can use white sugar and add it directly to the flour; I dissolve my sugar in the water because I only have brown sugar, and it does not dissolve easily in the dough.

• Leave the dough out on the counter; don't put in the refrigerator. If you let it rest in the fridge, you would need the added step of removing it and letting the dough warm up thoroughly to room temp or close to room temp before frying. So I don’t bother with that at all.