Soup with black onion seed dumplings

Soup for dinner might always be a good choice, but soup with steamed pillowy dumplings flavoured with onion seed – now that’s a great idea. And the best part is that the soup has already been expertly made by Woolies.
 

Serves 4
EASY
Preparation: 15 minutes 
Cooking: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 3 x 600 g Woolworths Fresh Coconut Lentil Dhal Soup
  • Fresh coriander, to garnish
  • Fresh curry leaves, fried to garnish

For the dumplings  

  • 120 g Woolworths Self-raising Wheat Flour
  • 1t Cerebos Iodated Table Salt
  • 2T Woolworths Salted Butter, melted
  • 1 Woolworths Free Range Extra Large Egg, beaten
  • 2T Woolworths Onion Seeds
  • 3T Woolworths Onion Flakes
  • 160 ml Woolworths Ayrshire Cultured Low Fat Buttermilk
     

Cooking instructions:

  1. With the soup thawed (if previously frozen), reheat either on the stove or in the microwave as instructed. 
  2. While the soup is being prepared, begin making the dumplings by combining the self-raising flour, salt, butter, egg, onion seeds and flakes.  
  3. Pour in the buttermilk and combine to form a thick, spoonable batter.  
  4. Once the soup begins to simmer, use 2 spoons to drop equally sized amounts of the dumpling batter into the soup and cover with a lid while they steam for 5 minutes.  
  5. Serve the soup and dumplings in soup bowls garnished with crispy fried curry leaves and fresh coriander.