Healthy Apple Dumpling



The Osho commune is the brainchild of "Rajneesh" Chandra Mohan Jain and self-proclaimed “Bhagwan”. The spectacular commune looks more like a spa or resort than a religious center complete with waterfalls, exotic flora and fauna and bold architecture. And the beautifully landscaped Osho Park created out of a swamp is just breathtaking. Bhagwan Rajneesh was infamous for his teachings as they encouraged communal sexual indulgence. Here’s a man who took the bumper sticker “Make love, not war” a bit too seriously and turned it into a religion. I for one totally support such thinking.

Osho ashram has brought a lot of good things to Koregaon Park. The best thing to happen to Koregaon Park as a result of the ashram, however, is the German Bakery. Situated right on the entrance to Koregaon Park, it looks like a beach shack situated on a main road. Although from the name, you’d think they serve German snacks, it is still Pune city, and the menu is a mish-mash of anything goes. On my first encounter with the German Bakery, I felt totally out of place amongst the beaded, orange robed, Rajneesh firangs. I had my first Apple Danish Pastry at the German Bakery. “This is a really stupid pattice” I remember my cousin remarking. Clearly, the place was not meant for vada-pav morons like yours truly. Looking back, it was actually quite delicious if you weren’t expecting to bite into a spicy pattice. I went back a few more times and have fond memories of the German bakeries. I thought I’d treat my wife by recreating the taste with a slightly healthier version (by replacing the butter pastry shell with a healthy dumpling wrapper and boiling it).

Ingredients
3 Apples peeled and diced into small pieces
½ tsp Cinnamon Powder
¼ tsp Nutmeg
3 tsp sugar
1 cup Water
Wonton Wrappers (or extremely thin flour rotis)

Method
Add apples, sugar, water, cinnamon and nutmeg to the pot and boil on medium flame
Boil till apples are cooked and all the water has been absorbed
Allow the mixture to cool
Place a wonton wrapper on a sheet or a dumpling press and wet one side
Place 1 tsp apple mixture in the centre of the wrapper and close the dumpling making sure there are no air pockets
Make dumplings and place aside
Bring a pot of water to a boil
Add 6-8 dumplings to the pot and allow them to boil for no more than 3 minutes
Scoop dumplings from the water with a holed spoon and onto a plate
Drizzle honey and cinnamon
Serve hot

Comments

Deepthi Shankar said…
apple dumpling is a new dish to me .. looks lovely
Sangeeth said…
very creative...i made some thing like this long back ....i fried it though....
Joanna said…
Aha, you bring back memories! A German co-worker said his sister went to live in some fancy ashram near Pune and muttered something about a "Baghwan."
Anonymous said…
Umm never heard of sumthng like this...sorry for the stupid query...but can wonton sheets in this recipe be replaced by thin Maida rotis(i generally use these maida rotis for making spring rolls etc)but i am afraid whether that wud turn dumpling into dump-it(in bin )
SMN said…
never heard of this sounds interesting..
Deepa Kuber said…
never heard of these.. must have tasted good. very creative
Vaishali said…
These sound really delicious. How wonderful that they are boiled and not fried. Nice recipe!
Meera said…
That dumpling looks delicious. I love this version of steaming instead of frying.
Bhawana said…
This is very new to me. But very innovative and healthy.
Manasi said…
I remember eating mashed bananas with milk and sugar and then going 'doh, this is shikran!'in German Bakery. And the rumours I heard about that place :) Anyway, how did you stop the dumplings from coming apart in the water?

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