Ingredients 

250g packet LeaderBrand Pure n’ Ezy Beetroot
2 cups (250g) plain flour
½ cup hot water, just boiled
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup cornflour or potato starch, for dusting

Pork Filling

¼ LeaderBrand Coleslaw
½ tsp salt
300g lean pork or chicken mince
1 spring onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
6 brown mushrooms, soaked in hot water, finely chopped
1 tbsp grated ginger
1 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tsp soy sauce
2 tsp sesame oil, plus 2 tsp extra for cooking

Dipping sauce

2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp mirin

Method 

Lay the unopened Leaderbrand Pure n’ Ezy Baby Beets packet on a workbench and use your hand to smash the beetroot. Open the packet of Leaderbrand Pure n’ Ezy Baby Beets and pour the broken-up pieces of beetroot and juices into a sieve over a bowl, allow to drain and keep the juices and flesh separately

Place the flour in a mixing bowl and create a well in the middle. Mix the salt into the water and stir until dissolved, then stir in the reserved beetroot juice. Add the water slowly to the flour, gradually, stirring constantly. Stir together until all the water is absorbed

With clean hands, gather the dough into a ball. Turn it onto a clean surface and knead for ten minutes. The dough should not stick: add a small amount of flour if necessary. Split the dough into two, roll each one into a log. Wrap the logs in plastic wrap. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes to an hour

While the dough is resting, make the filling: Toss to combine coleslaw and salt . Leave for 10-15 minutes and then squeeze with your hands to remove any moisture. Mix together beetroot flesh, cabbage, mince, chives, garlic, mushrooms, ginger, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil and pinch salt in a large bowl

Cut the two pastry logs each into 12 pieces. Dust the work surface with a little corn-flour if the dough sticks. Roll out each piece of dough separately and use a 10cm cookie cutter or a wide rim cup to cut out circles. Remove all the trim, knead it into a ball and place in the covered bowl for a few minutes. Then roll it out to create more wrappers. Dust the wrappers with corn-flour before stacking them up

With clean dry hands, place a gyoza wrapper on one hand and put 1 teaspoon filling in centre of wrapper. Brush edge of half the wrapper with cold water. Make a semi-circle by folding the wrapper in half. Pinch open sides of wrapper together with your fingers and seal the top

Place a large heavy-based frying pan over medium-high heat, add 2 teaspoons sesame oil and arrange all the gyoza in the pan. Add 200mls water to cover bottom of pan, cover with lid and cook on medium-high heat for 6-7 minutes or until translucent, cooked and no liquid is left in pan. Take off lid and cook for another 30-60 seconds for the bottoms to go crunchy

Make the dipping sauce Mix together soy sauce, chives, vinegar, mirin and chilli oil, if using. Serve gyoza hot with dipping sauce

*Image & recipe courtesy of LeaderBrand