The present invention relates to an eggplant dumpling using an eggplant as a main ingredient and to a manufacturing method thereof, and the eggplant dumpling can secure a texture which is similar to that of meat even using a small quantity of meat as a dried eggplant has a specific chewy texture. Accordingly, the eggplant dumpling has the specific chewy taste and soft texture of an eggplant so all people who enjoy meat or prefer vegetables have an increased appetite. Furthermore, people can take abundant nutrients such as vitamins, dietary fiber, carbohydrate, etc. included in an eggplant. According to the present invention, the manufacturing method of an eggplant dumpling using an eggplant as a main ingredient comprises the following steps: mixing wheat flour, dried eggplant powder, glutinous black rice flour, salt, and water to obtain dough, and molding the dough into an eggplant dumpling skin by a dumpling skin molding machine finely cutting a soaked eggplant, pork, glass noodles, onion, and Korean leek, and mixing the finely cut ingredients and seasoning which includes garlic, sesame seed powder, soy sauce, salt, and powdered black pepper to manufacture a fully minced eggplant dumpling filling and stuffing the eggplant dumpling skin with the fully minced eggplant dumpling filling, and manufacturing an eggplant dumpling by a dumpling molding machine or manually. According to the present invention, the eggplant dumpling has the chewy texture of a dried eggplant used as a main ingredient of an eggplant dumpling filling, in case of eating the eggplant dumpling, and the chewy texture of the dried eggplant is similar to that of meat. Accordingly, all people can enjoy a functional eggplant dumpling regardless of age and sex. The manufactured eggplant dumpling skin has the specific purple color of an eggplant unlike the dull color of an existing dumpling skin, thereby enhancing colorful properties of the eggplant dumpling and stimulating people&primes appetite. Furtherm
