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Fried Tofu Dumplings - Ganmodoki

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Course Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 4

Ingredients
 

  • 1 small carrot
  • 4 g dried hijiki seaweed or 2g other dried seaweed, ensure gluten-free
  • 60 g fresh shiitake mushrooms
  • ¼ onion
  • 120 g potatoes
  • 500 g firm tofu
  • 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
  • Oil for frying

Seasoning

  • 2 tablespoons gluten-free soy sauce
  • 2 pinches salt
  • 2 tablespoons gluten-free mirin see note
  • 1 tablespoon potato starch or cornflour

Garnish

  • 50 g daikon white radish or purple radish, grated
  • 10 g fresh ginger grated
  • Gluten-free soy sauce

Instructions
 

  • Peel the carrot and cut into thin matchsticks. Rehydrate the seaweed according to the packet instructions and drain by squeezing between your hands. Cut the shiitake mushrooms into thin strips. Cut the onion into thin slices. Peel and grate the potatoes. In a blender or using a stick blender, blend the tofu completely until you get a paste. Put the tofu, vegetables, seaweed, sesame seeds and seasoning ingredients in a mixing bowl. Shape ten balls with your hands (lightly oil your hands to prevent the mixture from sticking to your fingers).
  • Pour frying oil into a frying pan deep enough to immerse the balls. Heat the oil to 160°C. Fry the ganmodoki for 6 to 7 minutes, until they are nicely golden. Drain and then serve immediately with daikon, grated ginger and soy sauce.

Notes

MIRIN - Always check the ingredients when purchasing mirin as many Supermarket brands contain gluten. In Australia, Spiral Foods produce gluten-free mirin. At the time of publication (12/4/24) it was out of stock at Woolworths, but could be purchased online.
TIP - Fried ganmodoki can be stored in a zip-lock bag in the freezer for a few weeks. They are also delicious in oden, a popular Japanese fish cake stew.
The cover of the cookbook Japanese Home Cooking by Maori Murota. It has a light blue background and an illustration of a bowl of udon noodles. A pair of chopsticks at the top right of the over are holding a drawing of half a boiled egg.
Image and text from Japanese Home Cooking by Maori Murota, photography by Hachette Livre (Marabout) Murdoch Books RRP $49.99.
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