20 Minuten
60 Minuten
Vegan potato dumplings are very easy to make at home and are the perfect accompaniment to Sunday meals such as a vegan roast with red cabbage and gravy.
Nutritional values per serving
Instructions
Divide the dough into 8 portions and roll the small dough balls into vegan potato dumplings. If the dough sticks, you can moisten your hands with water.
After cooking, remove the dumplings from the water with a slotted spoon. Important: at this point the dumplings are still a bit soft and mushy – be sure to let them cool briefly so they can reach the perfect consistency.
Recipe Note
Make vegan potato dumplings yourself? Sure, why not. With our recipe it’s really easy and super delicious. You can of course easily adjust the amount of potato dumplings – especially if you’re cooking for a larger group, you’ll probably need a few more. Per person, you can expect about 3–4 dumplings (depending on appetite and side dishes).
Recipes with Dumplings
Dumplings are more versatile than you might think at first! They’re not only great served the classic way with red cabbage and gravy, but also pair well with many different dishes.
Vegan goulash with dumplings – a hearty festive meal.
Vegan roast, homemade red cabbage and a dark gravy with vegan potato dumplings – a festive Christmas meal that simply can’t be missed.
Vegan potato dumplings with creamy vegan vegetables and crispy pan-fried smoked tofu – for all tofu lovers.
Mushroom pan with dumplings – a classic.
Pan-fried dumplings with braised onions and a fresh salad – the light and summery version.
Vegan Potato Dumplings Without Egg
This potato dumpling recipe is completely free from eggs and other animal-based ingredients, so vegans and anyone avoiding eggs for other reasons can enjoy these dumplings as well. To make sure the potato dumplings without egg still taste great and don’t fall apart during cooking, the recipe needs a slight adjustment. The secret in this potato dumpling recipe? Definitely the durum wheat semolina. The semolina acts as a binding agent and replaces the egg. At the same time, semolina has hardly any flavor of its own, so it goes completely unnoticed in the recipe.
By the way, our vegan potato dumplings can also be gluten-free. For vegan gluten-free potato dumplings, just make sure the starch you use is certified gluten-free and replace the durum wheat semolina with gluten-free rice semolina.
Help – My Dumplings Didn’t Turn Out Right
Your vegan potato dumplings fall apart, are tough, or don’t taste good? Don’t worry, we’ll figure out why and how to make them better next time. And remember: no one is born a dumpling master – female or male.
The dumplings fall apart during cooking
In this case, there’s probably too much moisture or too little binding in your dough. Next time, make sure to let the potatoes steam off completely, don’t add any extra liquid to the dough, and maybe add a bit more starch. Also, make sure not to let the vegan potato dumplings boil, but only simmer gently!The dumplings are slimy after cooking
If the dumplings are still slimy even after a short resting time, this can be caused by too much starch. Reduce the amount of starch slightly next time. As an SOS solution, you can briefly pan-fry the dumplings. They are definitely still edible!The dumplings are too soft
In that case, the water may not have been hot enough or the potatoes weren’t allowed to steam off long enough.The vegan potato dumplings are too firm or rubbery
You probably kneaded the dough too much or used too much starch or semolina. The solution is obvious: don’t knead the dough and slightly reduce the amount of starch and semolina.The dumplings are mushy inside
Let your dumplings cook a little longer – that might already solve the problem. Next time, you can also try shaping the dumplings a bit smaller and letting the potatoes steam off thoroughly.The vegan potato dumplings lack flavor
Next time, be more generous with the salt – both in the dumpling dough and in the cooking water. To save your dumplings, you can simply add a bit more salt on the plate – not perfect, but acceptable.
Even though none of these problems occurred when I tested the recipe, of course things can always go wrong. The only problem I had was that the dumplings disappeared far too quickly. The solution: I went straight back to the kitchen. ;)
Substitution Table
How often do we want to cook a recipe but are missing certain ingredients or don’t like specific components? For that case, you’ll find a substitution table here so you can adapt the vegan dumpling recipe exactly to your taste. Simply replace individual ingredients of the vegan potato dumplings as you like!
Floury potatoes → Waxy potatoes
Vegan margarine → Vegan butter, animal-based alternatives
Durum wheat semolina → Rice semolina, wheat flour (use significantly less!)
Potato starch → Other types of starch
Our potato dumplings are vegan, but of course you can also use animal-based ingredients if you prefer!
